Valério D. Pillar is at Laboratório de Ecologia Quantitativa, Departamento de Ecologia/Centro de Ecologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, 91051-970, Brazil.
Gerhard E. Overbeck is at Laboratório de Estudos em Vegetação Campestre, Departamento de Botânica, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, RS, 91051-970, Brazil.
Science. 2024 Sep 6;385(6713):eadr8356. doi: 10.1126/science.adr8356. Epub 2024 Sep 5.
The catastrophic floods that affected southern Brazil last May should serve as a warning to human societies that, despite the still widespread climate change skepticism or denial, mitigation and adaptation to cope with the ongoing climate crisis are urgently needed. The toll was 213 people killed or missing; 2.4 million people affected, including 600,000 displaced; and unprecedented losses in urban and rural infrastructure, including livestock. These losses could have been lower if adaptation measures had been in place, as has been repeatedly recommended by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Having witnessed the catastrophe firsthand, here we highlight nature-based adaptation measures that could effectively provide resistance and resilience against extreme climate events.
去年 5 月，巴西南部遭受了灾难性洪水，这应该给人类社会敲响警钟，提醒人类尽管气候变化的怀疑论或否认仍普遍存在，但缓解和适应气候变化以应对当前的气候危机已迫在眉睫。这场灾难造成 213 人死亡或失踪；240 万人受灾，其中 60 万人流离失所；城乡基础设施遭受前所未有的损失，包括牲畜。如果采取了适应措施，这些损失本可以更低，正如政府间气候变化专门委员会（IPCC）一再建议的那样。我们曾亲眼目睹这场灾难，在此，我们重点介绍一些基于自然的适应措施，这些措施可以有效抵抗和适应极端气候事件。
