EPC Adapta Territorial Integrating Adaptation into Sustainable Local Development Processes
In 2024, the FGVces initiative Companies for Climate (EPC) – Adaptation Axis operates through two fronts: a corporate one and a territorial one.
The EPC Adapta Territorial front aims to promote and support the structuring of multisectoral territorial agendas to reduce risks and vulnerabilities, and to strengthen adaptive capacities in the face of extreme climate events that affect populations, ecosystems, and relationships within territories.
The initiative arises from the recognition that adaptation strategies require collaboration between sectors and actors, as well as the coordination of public and private efforts and investments. In 2024, EPC Adapta Territorial is being implemented as a pilot project made possible through a partnership with GIZ and the Movimento Viva Água Guanabara. Its purpose is to provide and share knowledge, develop and test methodologies and tools, and share climate data and information on practices that can serve as a foundation for adaptive territorial strategic planning anchored in sustainable local development processes.
The selected territorial scope for the methodology’s development includes the municipalities of Guapimirim and Cachoeiras de Macacu, located in the Guapi-Macacu Bioregion, which are encompassed by the Movimento Viva Água Guanabara. This Bioregion is considered highly important for environmental protection, biodiversity, and water regulation in the Guanabara Bay, in addition to its high relevance for the water supply of approximately 2 million people in the metropolitan region of Rio de Janeiro.
The implementation of the initiative in the territory takes place through the formation of a diverse and engaged group of actors, composed of companies, civil society organizations, and government representatives. This group focuses on integrating the “climate lens” into collective territorial development strategies, seeking to strengthen synergies and complementarities among the adaptation initiatives of public and private organizations operating in the same territory.
FGV São Paulo School of Business Administration (FGV EAESP)
FGV Center for Sustainability Studies (FGVces)
Researchers: Mariana Nicolletti/ Adriana Fraga