Reports, interviews, and infographics produced as part of the Rio 60ºC project – How the city prepares for extreme climate events.
Fernanda Vasconcellos, professor and researcher at the Meteorology Department of Rio de Janeiro Federal University, details the impacts of climate change, especially in Rio de Janeiro.
Exclusive information obtained by Ambiental through the Access to Information Act shows that there are fewer sirens in operation in Rio de Janeiro today than in 2011, when the system was installed.
What do communities and, particularly, the authorities need to do to prepare cities for a reality in which extreme rainfall events are ever more intense and frequent?