[HTML][HTML] Towards a deeper understanding of barriers to national climate change adaptation policy: A systematic review

S Lee, J Paavola, S Dessai - Climate Risk Management, 2022 - Elsevier
As adaptation have received increasing attention, national adaptation policies and plans
have been substantially developed. Despite the significant roles of national policy for …

Climate change adaptation policy and practice: The role of agents, institutions and systems

SJ Birchall, N Bonnett - Cities, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Surrey, British Columbia, stands out in its efforts to go beyond the provincial
mandate on climate change mitigation and incorporate adaptation into strategic planning …

City transformations in a 1.5 C warmer world

W Solecki, C Rosenzweig, S Dhakal, D Roberts… - Nature Climate …, 2018 - nature.com
Meeting the ambitions of the Paris Agreement will require rapid and massive
decarbonization of cities, as well as adaptation. Capacity and requirement differs across …

Changing trends in rainfall extremes in the metropolitan area of São Paulo: causes and impacts

JA Marengo, T Ambrizzi, LM Alves, NJC Barreto… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
This study analyses observed trends in extreme rainfall events in the Metropolitan Area of
São Paulo (MASP). Rainfall data sets with more than 60 years of record in MASP are used …

Global costs of protecting against sea-level rise at 1.5 to 4.0 C

S Brown, K Jenkins, P Goodwin, D Lincke, AT Vafeidis… - Climatic Change, 2021 - Springer
Sea levels will rise, even with stringent climate change mitigation. Mitigation will slow the
rate of rise. There is limited knowledge on how the costs of coastal protection vary with …

[HTML][HTML] Mainstreaming climate adaptation in the megacity of São Paulo, Brazil

GM Di Giulio, AMB Bedran-Martins… - Cities, 2018 - Elsevier
City governments worldwide are increasingly introducing adaptation actions and climate
responses in their policies and agendas, but the speed and success of these initiatives vary …

Why do extreme events still kill in the São Paulo Macro Metropolis Region? Chronicle of a death foretold in the global south

L Travassos, PHC Torres, G Di Giulio… - … Journal of Urban …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
This paper contributes to the study of climate change and environmental justice with a
particular focus on a Global South case-study in the São Paulo Macro Metropolis of Brazil …

Bridging the gap between will and action on climate change adaptation in large cities in Brazil

GM Di Giulio, RR Torres, DM Lapola… - Regional environmental …, 2019 - Springer
All over the world, there is a pressing need to better understand how climate change has
been incorporated into governmental agendas, and evaluate the status of adaptation …

[HTML][HTML] Water resources resilience model in climate changes with community health approach: Qualitative study

M Dowlati, H Seyedin, A Behnami, A Marzban… - Case studies in …, 2023 - Elsevier
One of the major issues globally is climate change and its effects, which poses a significant
challenge to both environmental and public health. The impact of climate change on water …

Urban climate and environmental perception about climate change in Belém, Pará, Brazil

JV de Oliveira, JCP Cohen, M Pimentel, HLZ Tourinho… - Urban Climate, 2020 - Elsevier
The primary goal of this work was to characterize Belém's climate change through the
analysis of meteorological data from the local conventional surface station and to …