Assessment of needs and preparedness capabilities for extreme weather and climate events in Brazilian municipalities

• Grant number: 25/07397-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Master's degree
• Start date: September 01, 2025
• End date: February 28, 2026
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Welfare Services - Applied Welfare Service
• Principal Investigator: Victor Marchezini
• Grantee: André Luiz Martins Cotting
• Supervisor: Andrea Lampis
• Host Institution: Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Nacionais (CEMADEN). Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Inovação (Brasil). Cachoeira Paulista , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy
• Associated to the scholarship: 24/00164-8 - Assessment of needs and capacities to prepare for extreme weather and climate events in Brazilian municipalities, BP.MS

Abstract

The overall objective of this master's research is to assess the needs and capacities for preparing for extreme weather and climate events in Brazilian municipalities. To this end, three main aspects will be analyzed: i) the disaster risk management structure in municipalities, ii) the training needs for preparing for extreme weather and climate events, iii) governance, i.e., formal and informal mechanisms for participation and coordination of state and non-state actors, for preparing for extreme weather and climate events. The methodological procedures include a review of the state of the art, documentary research and field research using questionnaires, activities that will be supported by the COPE Project team. The results of this master's project will contribute to filling knowledge gaps on local disaster risk management capacities and may support the improvement of public policies on this topic. To this end, the proposed research internship at the Department of Languages, Literature, Education, Communication and Society (DILL) of the University of Udine is essential, as it will contribute to the analysis of data from more than 500 municipalities and the definition of priorities for the implementation of public policies to prepare for extreme weather and climate events, where territorial specificities will be considered according to the population size of the municipalities (small, medium and large), assisting in the subsequent stages of the COPE Project. disaster risk management structure in municipalities, ii) the training needs for preparation for extreme weather and climate events, iii) governance, that is, formal and informal mechanisms for participation and coordination of state and non-state actors, to prepare for extreme weather and climate events. The methodological procedures include a review of the state of the art, documentary research and field research using questionnaires, activities that will be supported by the COPE Project team. Data analysis in a GIS environment will help to consider territorial specificities in the implementation of public policies to prepare for extreme weather and climate events, according to the population size of the municipalities (small, medium and large), assisting in the next stages of the COPE Project. The results will contribute to filling knowledge gaps on local disaster risk management capabilities and can support the improvement of public policies on this topic.