Brazilian Network on Global Climate Change Research (Rede CLIMA):: structure, scientific advances and future prospects

In order to create the necessary scientific knowledge for Brazil to understand and deal with thecauses and consequences of climate change, the federal government created, in 2007, the BrazilianNetwork on Global Climate Change Research (Rede CLIMA). Rede CLIMA needs to discuss issues,pose questions,...

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Autores: Moraes Arraut, Eduardo, Nobre, Paulo, Nobre, Carlos A., Scarpa, Fabiano M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)
Repositorio:Sustentabilidade em Debate (Online)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/15526
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/sust/article/view/15526
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Mudanças Climáticas
Modelagem Do Clima
Impactos, Adaptação e Vulnerabilidade
Mitigação
Ciência Interdisciplinar
Interdisciplinarity science
Climate Change
Climate Modelling
Impacts
Adaptation and Vulnerability
Mitigation
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Sumario:In order to create the necessary scientific knowledge for Brazil to understand and deal with thecauses and consequences of climate change, the federal government created, in 2007, the BrazilianNetwork on Global Climate Change Research (Rede CLIMA). Rede CLIMA needs to discuss issues,pose questions, develop methodologies and technological products, find answers, and suggestsolutions that are relevant to society. In its first phase, it focused mainly on providing infrastructureand consolidating the sub-networks. Several scientific advances were also achieved, a selectionof which are presented in sections focusing on climate modelling, agriculture, energy and water,human development and mobility, biodiversity and ecosystem services, and human health. Now,in its second phase, the objective is to straighten collaboration between sub-networks by meansof interdisciplinary projects. It is argued that in order to succeed the Network needs to fosterresearch whose merit is measured not exclusively by academic production.