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Brazil: Temperature changes ‘affect poor more than rich’

24 Dec 2020, SciDevNet

People who live in poorer cities have a higher risk of being hospitalised if temperatures change quickly through the course of a day or over a short period.

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Sendai Framework

Sendai Focal Point:
COORDENADORIA MUNICIPAL DE DEFESA CIVIL DE BELO HORIZONTE

Website: http://www.pbh.gov.br

Contact:COORDENADOR MUNICIPAL DE DEFESA CIVIL

Phone:+55 612 034 5869 +55 619 811 687 19

National Platform

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Hyogo Framework for Action

HFA Focal Point:
Ministério das Relações Exteriores

Website: http://www.itamaraty.gov.br

Phone:005561 34119890

Policy, Plans & Statements

National Policy & Plans
- Brazil: Law establishing the national policy on protection and civil defence (no. 12.608, 10 April 2012)2012, Brazil - gov
- Brazil: National adaptation plan to climate change - Volume II: Sectoral and thematic strategies2016, Brazil - gov
Official Statements & Presentations
- Brazil: Statement made at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (2019)2019, Brazil - gov
- Brazil: Statement made at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction (2017)2017, Brazil - gov
Other Development Reports
- Brazil: Review of current and planned adaptation action2011, Adaptation Partnership
- Brazil: Common country assessment - CCA (2005)2005, UNDG

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Meetings & Conferences in Brazil

Fourth ISA Forum of Sociology: Thematic Sessions on the Sociology of Disasters (Research Committee-39)14-18 Jul 2020, Brazil (Porto Alegre)
Intercambio de aprendizajes entre ciudades de la Campaña Mundial “Desarrollando Ciudades Resilientes: ¡Mi ciudad se está preparando!"11-12 Dec 2019, Brazil (Campinas)
Resilience of critical infrastructures in Campinas - Brazil (RCIC)09 Oct 2019, Brazil (Campinas)

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Training in Brazil

COVID and wastewater: Mind the poop!16 Jun 2020
Workshop on Urban Risk-Informed Planning and Making Cities Resilient: Towards the development and implementation of local disaster risk reduction strategy16 Jun - 09 Jul 2020
Fire Emergency Evacuation and School Simulation26 Nov 2018 (tentative), Brazil (São Bento do Sapucaí, SP)

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Academic Programmes in Brazil

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Educational Materials on Brazil

Curso de defesa civil: a aventuraCEDEC/SP, Brazil - gov
Livro eletrônico interativo para redução de riscos de desastresCEPED/UFSC

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DRR Organizations in Brazil

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Documents & Publications on Brazil

Availability of open data for flood resilience in Curitiba (Parana)2020, PUCPR
UCLG Peer Learning Note - 26: Climate resilience and urban development2020, UCLG HQ

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Maps of Brazil

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Multimedia Products on Brazil

BBC interviews Margareta Wahlström on disaster reduction2011, BBC

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DRR Jobs in Americas

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