CLIMATE CHANGE AND WATER AT THE XVI INTERNATIONAL GEOCRITICA COLLOQUIUM--SAO PAULO--2020/ MUDANCAS CLIMATICAS E AGUA NO XVI COLOQUIO INTERNACIONAL DE GEOCRITICA--SAO PAULO--2020/ CAMBIO CLIMATICO Y AGUA EM EL XVI COLOQUIO INTERNACIONAL DE GEOCRITICA--SAO PAULO--2020

Defined as the venue for the XVI International Geocritica Colloquium in 2018, the University of Sao Paulo carried out an organizational effort that mobilized several members of its staff and professors. Scheduled for May 2020, the event was widely publicized and received 347 confirmed registrations, from eight countries. Of this total, 207 were authors who submitted 135 abstracts, of which 109 were approved for oral presentation. However, the COVID-19 pandemic led to its cancellation. At the time, the possibility of holding it in October, when the dimensions of the pandemic were still unclear, and then virtually, was considered, but the direction preferred not to adopt this alternative. The texts were released again to their authors. This work seeks to recover this moment and, in particular, analyze how the abstracts expressed relationships between climate change and water, in their multiple possibilities. There was a significant incorporation of the theme by the authors who submitted abstracts, which dealt with topics such as transboundary water, city and water, water governance, conflicts over access and use of water, water security and the Human Right to water and sanitation. Keywords: climate change; transboundary water; water security; water conflicts; water governance. Definida como sede do XVI Coloquio Internacional de Geocritica em 2018, a Universidade de Sao Paulo realizou um esforco de organizacao que mobilizou varios membros de seu corpo funcional e docente. Previsto para maio de 2020, o evento foi amplamente divulgado e recebeu 347 inscricoes confirmadas, oriundas de oito paises. Deste total, 207 eram autores que submeteram135 resumos, dos quais 109 foram aprovados para exposicao oral. Porem, a pandemia da COVID-19 levou ao seu cancelamento. Na epoca, aventou-se a possibilidade de realiza-lo no mes de outubro, quando ainda nao estavam claras as dimensoes da pandemia, e, depois, virtualmente, mas a direcao preferiu nao adotar essa alternativa. Os textos foram liberados novamente a seus autores. Esse trabalho busca recuperar esse momento e, em especial, analisar como os resumos expressaram relacoes entre mudancas climaticas e agua, em suas multiplas possibilidades. Verificou-se uma incorporacao da tematica por parte expressiva dos autores que submeteram resumos, que trataram de temas como agua transfronteirica, cidade e agua, governanca da agua, conflitos pelo acesso e uso da agua, seguranca hidrica e Direito Humano a agua e ao saneamento. Palavr