Southern Brazil is underwater. What was exceptional is now part of the new normal. Adaptation, climate emergency plans and the valuation of ecosystems must be incorporated into policy. It is about the world we will leave to our sons and daughters.
The climate crisis in Rio Grande do Sul is already the largest in Brazil's history, but when the water recedes we will have more accurate information about the destroyed infrastructure, lost livelihoods, economic losses, and, above all, the death toll.
The climate tragedy that has devastated the State of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil has opened the stage for the struggle to identify the culprits for the tragedy. For some, the magnitude of the catastrophe is an expression of a political outcome.
What could explain the discrepancy between an increasing favorable perception of gender equality and the alarming data on insecurity and violence against women and reduced career opportunities?