Resilience Photo by danilo.alvesd on Unsplash In Brazil's favelas, green roofs might help relieve the heat How one group in Rio de Janeiro teamed up with researchers to adapt green roof technology for their community.
Impactsen.wikipedia.org For Brazil, devastating rain is an urban planning problem In the states of Rio de Janeiro and Pernambuco, natural disasters fueled by climate change highlight longstanding challenges of urbanization.
Impacts Photo by Milo Miloezger on Unsplash Brazil mudslides: Climate change makes favelas disasters waiting to happen Brazil, like much of the world, is increasingly being forced to reckon with the everyday impacts of climate change. Scientists say it is largely responsible for the extreme weather events that have recently struck the country
Impacts www.washingtonpost.com Exploding canals, collapsing malls: Watch Brazil’s deadly floods Scores are dead after torrential rains and flooding devastated some of the country’s poorest communities.
Solutions Community gardens sprout in Rio's favelas Favela residents are turning scarce empty space into gardens that produce healthy food, filter polluted air, and soften a hard landscape.
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