Renzo Taddei

TL;DR: A group of early career researchers and academics from Sao Paulo state and from the UK met at the University of Campinas to participate in a workshop on "Responsible Innovation and the Governance of socially controversial technologies".

TL;DR: It is concluded that with this approach it is possible to validly represent spatial-temporal variability of water availability that is influenced by water use and vice versa.

TL;DR: In this article, the influence of socio-cultural context on participatory processes is investigated. But the focus is on two understudied aspects of participatory process: (1) the social norms of interactions that affect activity and outcomes through exclusion, pre-meetings, alliances, language and non-linguistic events; and (2) the diversity of goals and outcomes that motivate participation, including desire for consensus, social networking and community building.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors assess the potential benefits from innovative forecasts of the stream flows that replenish reservoirs in the semi-arid state of Ceara, Brazil, and stress that forecast value changes as a society shifts, and that current constraints on the use of these forecasts are likely to be reduced by shifts in water demand, water allocation in the agricultural Jaguaribe Valley, participatory processes for water allocation between this valley and the capital city of Fortaleza, and risk perception.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors discuss the political and economic conditions of climate and water in the Brazilian North-east, and propose a political model of climate change. But they focus on infrastructure.