The thematic session proposes to discuss experiences and methodological strategies in the development and implementation of popular planning instruments aimed at promoting socio-environmental and climate justice in popular territories, such as community plans for climate risk reduction and adaptation and neighborhood plans – instruments that operate at different scales, based on participatory processes. The session will address the urgency of integrated solutions to address climate challenges, which articulate technical knowledge and local knowledge, and which actively involve communities in all stages of the process to strengthen their autonomy and build collective response capacity in the face of extreme climate events. Advances and challenges of these initiatives will be presented, valuing both methodological lessons learned and practical impacts on the territories. The debate will bring together diverse experts (researchers, public managers, urban planners, representatives of social movements, universities and civil society organizations) combining structured presentations with open dialogues.
Presentations:
Community planning in Fortaleza, Ceará (Brazil): Vulnerable territories, local practices and resilience
André Araújo Almeida
Portraits of the floods, 2025
Laryssa Nunes dos Santos
Popular participation in the development of the Municipal Risk Reduction Plan: challenges and potential in Itaquaquecetuba, SP
Alexandra Martins Silva, Ana Paula Leal Pinheiro Cruz, Luiz Antonio Bongiovanni and Talita Gantus-Oliveira
Participatory community planning of evacuation routes: social mapping for risk reduction in hydrological and climatic disasters
Talita Gantus-Oliveira, Henrique Candido de Oliveira, Alexandra Martins Silva, Ana Paula Leal Pinheiro Cruz and Luiz Antonio Bongiovanni
Who envisions the future? Popular planning in international cooperation for climate adaptation on the islands of Porto Alegre
Raquel Hädrich Silva, Amanda Kovalczuk, Camila Kuhn and Julia Boff