Infrastructure and climate change adaptation

In the current context, even if the level of engagement and effective actions reach sufficient levels to mitigate global warming, some of the effects of climate change - such as environmental disasters in cities - are already inevitable, as assessments by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicate.

Therefore, it is essential that countries' infrastructure be adapted considering the current and future climate scenario. Proper management of risks arising from this context, in addition to mitigating damage to human life and the economy, also opens new opportunities to improve air quality, health, and generate new demands and solutions, especially in the construction sector and urban redesign.

In this context, it is essential to have actions that deal with extreme weather phenomena, especially for the benefit of the most vulnerable layers of the population, which are particularly susceptible to landslides and floods. The country cannot only respond to disasters but must act preventively to avoid them and have structured action plans for such events.

Axis 6 of the ETP aims to build resilient infrastructure and prevent disasters through investments in works and equipment such as slope containment, drainage structures, and monitoring and warning systems.

To make this process viable, it is intended to mobilize new ways of financing these investments, through partnerships between the public and private sectors, international fundraising, and intergovernmental partnerships. The purpose is to increase resilience and promote climate adaptation.

In addition to infrastructure resilience, it is also worth noting three other aspects of climate change adaptation: resilience in the health sector, which will need to deal with new phenomena, such as changes in disease vectors, such as mosquitoes; resilience in the energy sector, which will need to work with changes in rainfall patterns, which can affect, for example, hydroelectric generation; and resilience in the agricultural sector, which will need to adjust to the various consequences of climate change on production, such as irrigation and pest management.

Thus, a new infrastructure and a new capacity to plan resilience in various sectors, designed for the ecological transformation of the country and its economy, are being built, creating the material conditions for the implementation of a new, more sustainable development model that promotes climate justice.

Axis 6: Infrastructure and climate change adaptation

• Public works to reduce risks of natural disasters, such as landslides and flooding.
• Resilience and impact reduction in the country's major infrastructure projects, including low carbon transport modes.
• Specific programs for municipalities most vulnerable according to CEMADEN 
• Declaration of an environmental emergency in the most vulnerable municipalities according to CEMADEN, with specific transfer programs to reduce estimated impacts.
• Civil defense: disaster prevention, immediate response and reconstruction.
• Strategy for agricultural, energy and health security and resilience.