‘Rio 60ºC – Climate Resilience and Extreme Events in the Marvelous City’ aims to mitigate the impacts of extreme weather events, especially storms, in Rio de Janeiro.

To understand and warn about the risks posed by heavy rainfall, the Rio 60ºC project team worked on three different initiatives. The first was an extensive data analysis to map the regions most vulnerable to heavy rainfall in the city. The second was to identify and illustrate a series of measures to be taken by communities and, above all, by public authorities to reduce disaster risks. Finally, collaborating reporters went into the field and interviewed residents and experts to find out how climate change is already impacting people’s lives, particularly workers.

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“As Big Five e a plataformização da emergência climática” (The Big Five and the platformization of the climate emergency) aims to create a prototype calculator to measure the carbon footprint of the Big Five (Alphabet/Google, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Meta) by identifying their primary data centers. The carbon footprint measures greenhouse gas emissions from human activities. The partnership between Thiago Domenici, director of Agência Pública, and researcher Mariza Ferro from UFF aims to understand the connection between the climate crisis and the computational and economic logic of major platforms.

Subsequently, the results will be published in a paper and a special report on Agência Pública, addressing the initiatives and controversies related to these companies’ involvement in the process of “platformization of the climate emergency.”

With climate change accelerating and extreme events becoming more frequent, forecasting heavy rainfall has become crucial to prevent disasters and protect human lives and property. This project proposes an innovative approach to the problem by developing artificial intelligence capable of predicting extremely intense rainfall events in urbanized areas in advance. Integrating multiple sources of meteorological data and physical and social aspects of the region, the model will be developed with a focus on a sustainable approach. Furthermore, the project proposes developing an approach that allows it to be adapted to other regions with different characteristics, enabling a rapid response to climate emergencies. In addition to protecting lives, the project seeks to be ecologically conscious.