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Itaipu Dam case study

Topic

Built EnvironmentClimate & Nature

Region

Latin America & Caribbean

Published: August 2020

This content was originally published on The Resilience Shift website. The Resilience Shift, a 5-year programme supported by Lloyd’s Register Foundation and hosted by Arup, transitioned at the end of 2021 to become Resilience Rising. You can read more about The Resilience Shift’s journey and the transition to Resilience Rising here.

Read more:  climate change, engineering, infrastructure, nature based solutions, water

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