Knowing to Transform: Community Climate Risk Reduction and Adaptation Plans

National Secretariat of Peripheries of the Ministry of Cities

The National Secretariat of Peripheries (SNP) invites undergraduate students in Architecture and Urbanism and all interested people to participate in the Debate Panel Knowing to Transform: Popular Mapping and Community Plans for Risk Reduction and Climate Adaptation.

The Debate Table (4pm to 6pm) is part of the general activity Periferia sem Risco, to be held throughout the day on 10/10/2025, at the Oca Auditorium, in Ibirapuera Park, from 2pm to 8:30pm.

The SNP's actions to promote popular mapping of peripheral territories, risk prevention and climate adaptation, and the CEP para Todos initiative will be presented, highlighting community protagonism as a foundation for enabling the process of adapting urban peripheries to climate change.

The objective is to present ways of mapping and making peripheral territories visible, from a technical-community lens and their contribution to processes and actions for climate adaptation.

The Table will be organized in 3 moments:
1- Presentation on Popular Mapping and CEP for All: forms of citizen data production and the Peripheral Nodes Network

2- Presentation of Community Climate Risk Reduction and Adaptation Plans: forms of technical-community articulation and implementation of contextualized actions based on socio-territorial realities

3- Questions and Answers/Collective debate on NBS and NBS in the Peripheries: technical-community challenges and potential contribution to the adaptation of urban peripheries to climate change
Participants:
Representatives of the National Secretariat for Peripheries and community leaders from peripheral territories involved in the actions

Free

Registration

Registrations must be made here.
Registration will be open until the start of the activity, on site, as long as there are spaces available.

We thank everyone who participated and visited the 14th São Paulo International Architecture Biennial, from September 18 to October 19, 2025

NOTE OF CONDOLENCE

With deep sorrow, the Brazilian Institute of Architects – São Paulo Department (IABsp) mourns the passing of architect and landscape architect Kongjian Yu, a global leader in ecological urbanism, and the members of his team who accompanied him, tragically killed during the filming of a documentary. The institute is honored to have had him as a participant in the 14th São Paulo International Architecture Biennial, where his transformative vision strengthened the dialogue between global challenges and local realities. IABsp emphasizes that Yu's contribution, which transcends borders, will remain an inspiration for generations and expresses its condolences to China, to the families of all the deceased, to his friends, and to all those impacted by his genius and dedication. Read the full note here.