Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions cause changes in temperature, precipitation, humidity, and other climatic variables. This imbalance leads to an increase in the frequency and intensity of extreme events, such as river floods, landslides, droughts, and heat waves, as well as a rise in average sea level, with different impacts in each region of the planet.

In developing countries like Brazil, vulnerability to the climate crisis is high because social inequality and poverty rates are high, leading to greater susceptibility and reduced adaptive capacity of the population to extreme events. At the municipal level, the impact of climate events will vary according to the city's infrastructure and a range of environmental factors.

It is necessary for municipalities to develop climate studies in order to identify the main current and future climate threats and the potential impacts on the city and its inhabitants. In this context, this report presents the Climate Risk and Vulnerability Analysis of the municipality of Canoas/RS, containing a diagnosis of the relevant climate threats and the regions most susceptible to climate events and which, consequently, should be prioritized when developing actions and measures to adapt to climate change.