In 2018, the Center for Sustainability Studies (GVces) of FGV’s Sao Paulo School of Business Administration (EAESP), supported by the National Water Agency (ANA), completed a series of studies on water resource planning and management in Brazil in the context of climate change, in which certain river basins are increasingly subject to water shortage events. Starting in 2016, the research resulted, over these two years, in three major publications for those seeking to understand the impact of global warming on some of the main sources of drinking water in the country.

Through an analysis of the current and future climate conditions, and their hydrological and economic impact, the book “Análise Custo-Benefício de Medidas de Adaptação à Mudança do Clima” [Cost-Benefit Analysis of Measures of Adaptation to Climate Change] assesses the economic loss arising from the non-consideration of climate change in water planning in the Piancó-Piranhas-Açu river basin (PB and RN), and then evaluating the feasibility of potential adaptation measures.

The book “Instrumentos Econômicos Aplicados à Gestão de Recursos Hídricos” [Economic Instruments Applied to Water Resource Management] seeks to introduce, in an educational and systematic manner, the main economic concepts that can offer an additional outlook for readers interested in examining problems associated with the way individuals manage a scarce resource such as water. In particular, based on valuable international experiences, it devotes attention to innovative instruments in the Brazilian context, notably the water usage rights markets.

Finally, the publication “Análise dos custos e benefícios das políticas públicas: o caso dos instrumentos econômicos para gestão ambiental” [Analysis of the costs and benefits of public policy: the case of economic instruments for environmental management] aims to clarify to all interested parties the costs and benefits associated with different regulatory alternatives, providing greater rationality and transparency to the decision-making process in public administration. This book investigates how Regulatory Impact Analysis (AIR) can help in the implementation of instruments and measures of adaptation to climate change and the challenges for their adoption for water resource management in Brazil.