Few studies have analyzed climate change perceptions in the disaster risk management sector.This research aimed to understand how civil defense experts are dealing with the climate change topic:what they learn and think about.An online survey was conducted between Octo-ber and December 2021 with 1,063 participants from civil defense agencies in Brazil.The findings indicate:(1)most(80.6％)civil defense officers completely agreed that cli-mate change will cause additional challenges to disaster risk management,while 10.1％stated that they are prepared to deal with it;(2)one quarter of the respondents(26.3％)com-pletely agreed that they easily understand the information about climate change,but trust in the sources of information is a challenge—52.4％completely agreed and 40.5％par-tially agreed with information provided by scientists,but the levels of trust were reduced when referring to governments and press;and(3)about 30％of the respondents thought that civil defense work is associated with the Sustainable Development Goals(SDGs),despite SDGs 11 and 13 being related to disasters and climate change.The identification of civil defense'perceptions on climate change is an impor-tant step in seeking pathways for increasing capacity build-ing to achieve disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation.

Victor Marchezini;Luciana Resende Londe;Eloisa Beling Loose;Silvia Midori Saito;José A.Marengo

Cemaden-National Center for Monitoring and Early Warning of Natural Disasters,S?o Paulo 12.247-016,Brazil;Natural Hazards Center,Institute of Behavioral Science,University of Colorado Boulder,Boulder,CO 80309,USA;Programa de Pós-Gradua??o em Desastres Naturais,ICT/Unesp-Cemaden,S?o José dos Campos 12247-004,Brazil;Environmental Journalism Research Group,Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul(UFGRS),Porto Alegre 90035-007,Brazil;Programa de Pós-Gradua??o em Desastres Naturais,Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina,Florianópolis 88.040-900,Brazil

国际灾害风险科学学报（英文版）

[1]Victor Marchezini;Luciana Resende Londe;Eloisa Beling Loose;Silvia Midori Saito;José A.Marengo-.Perceptions About Climate Change in the Brazilian Civil Defense Sector)[J].国际灾害风险科学学报（英文版）,2022(05):664-674

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