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Adaptation opportunities for water security in Brazil

2020; UNIVERSIDADE DE BRASÍLIA; Volume: 11; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.18472/sustdeb.v11n3.2020.33858

2179-9067

Vânia Rosa Pereira, Daniel Andrés Rodríguez, Sonia Maria Viggiani Coutinho, Diogo Victor Santos, José A. Marengo,

Sustainability and Climate Change Governance

We sought to identify priorities and adaptation opportunities for water security across the various Brazilian biomes. With ever-growing demand and water-usage, future climate scenarios suggest that further water resources management constraints are to be endured throughout the next two decades. The unbalance between high-quality water demand and availability in a multisectoral usage context (e.g., domestic, industry, agribusiness) highlights the socio-ecological Nexus+ concept's relevance. In this context, the political and cross-institutional articulation and flexibility play a significant role in steering adaptative actions. These challenges in defining action plans, adequately addressed at a multiscale level with inherent climatic uncertainties, are yet to be overcome in Brazilian water resources management.