B-EPICC Kick-Off Workshop Brazil 2022

The B-EPICC project was invited to the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) in São José dos Campos, Brazil from 22 to 24th August 2022 in order to conduct an inception workshop with Brazilian stakeholders and collaborators. The project commenced its second phase in 2022 and with this Brazil is joining as a key partner country. Project researchers debated their plans for the project in Brazil and commenced networking and collaboration with key stakeholders from local research and policy communities. Project work in Brazil will revolve around El Niño and Monsoon prediction, hydrological analysis, and the connection between climate change, migration and conflict, particularly in the context of land use and forest change. Importantly, with Brazil, a new research area joins the project – forests and biodiversity. Here, existing climate impact information systems will be augmented with descriptions of reforestation recovery, forest structure recovery, and biodiversity recovery. The aim is to incorporate regeneration strategies into stakeholder climate adaptation or conservation strategies. The event was opened by B-EPICC project lead, Dr Fanny Thornton and Luiz Aragão, Vice-Deputy of Coordination at INPE.