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Following its first edition in January 2024 at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM), the 2nd International Colloquium on Urban Resilience and Environmental Crisis was held from May 7 to 9 in a hybrid format at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism (FAU) of USP. The event brought together national and international researchers to discuss interdisciplinary issues and advance alternatives for urban ecosystems that take into account socioeconomic, political, and management conditions, as well as cultural contributions, to overcome socio-environmental inequalities and social injustice, especially in Latin American cities.
The colloquium was initially proposed by professors Elena Tudela (Laboratory of Sustainable Environments, Faculty of Architecture), Luis Zambrano and Miguel Rivas (Ecological Restoration Laboratory, Institute of Biology), and, in this second edition, also held in hybrid format, eight thematic panels took place over the first two days, and a technical visit was held on the final day to the Perus District, in São Paulo, to learn about its socio-environmental initiatives and social struggles.
One discussion focused on biome degradation, environmental legislation dismantling, and climate change, with contributions from Marcos Reis Rosa (PPGF/MapBiomas), Luis Zambrano Gonzáles (UNAM), Diane E. Davis (Harvard), and Martin Scarpacci (Maria Sibylla Merian Center, Mexico), moderated by Ana Cecília Mattei de Arruda Campos (Quapá/FAU).
Another panel explored socio-territorial risks and vulnerabilities, highlighting injustice, social inequalities, and violence in the urbanization of environmentally sensitive areas. Speakers included Fernando Puente (Central University of Ecuador), Juan Sebastian Bustamante (Urbam/Eafit), Luciana Travassos (UFABC), and Jordala Zola (National Secretariat of Peripheries/MCid), moderated by Maria Lucia Rodrigues Refinetti Martins (LabHab/FAU).
Open space systems and territorial structuring were addressed by Vera Regina Tângari (ProLugar+SELRJ/UFRJ), Juan Manuel Núñez (Centrus, Mexico), Juliana Gómez Aristizábal (Urbam/Eafit), and María del Pilar Restrepo (EPM, Colombia), with moderation by Fábio Maris Gonçalves (Quapá/FAU).
The panel on public policies discussed environmental issues, energy transition, construction, and urban transport, featuring Jimena de Gortaria (Ibero-American University of Mexico), Miguel Ignacio Rivas Bejarano (UNAM), Ana Nassar (ITDP Brazil), and Adriana Hansen (CTE), moderated by João Fernando Pires Meyer (Napplac/FAU).
Indigenous and traditional peoples and environmental preservation were the focus of a session with Ana Claudia Duarte Cardoso (UFPA), Rita Montezuma (UFF), Gabriela Duque (Central University of Ecuador), and Celia Arteaga (Centrus, Mexico), moderated by Mônica Antonia Viana (Unisantos).
The discussion on major environmental disasters and climate change brought together Elena Tudela Rivadeneyra (UNAM), Mayumi Cursino de Moura Hirye (University of California), Fernando Freitas Fuão (UFRGS), and Luis Zambrano (UNAM), moderated by Eugenio Fernandes Queiroga (Quapá/FAU).
Finally, the panel on science and communication addressed flat Earth beliefs, denialism, and the construction of the environmental agenda in the media, with Eugênio Bucci (ECA/USP), Laura Ceneviva (Municipal Department of Green and Environment, São Paulo), Jaime Hernández (Pontifical Javeriana University, Colombia), and Iara Moura (Intervozes), moderated by Katia Canova (Quapá, Choros Network, ETI Sorbonne Chair).
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English version: Nexus Traduções, edited by Denis Pacheco
