Knowra Climate change in Brazil Climate change in Brazil Climate change in Brazil encompasses observed and projected shifts in temperature, rainfall, drought, and extreme events, alongside the country’s greenhouse-gas emissions, vulnerabilities, policies, and responses.
Deforestation in Brazil : The clearing or degradation of forests across Brazil, especially in the Amazon and Cerrado. Forest loss releases stored carbon and weakens a major source of regional moisture.
Amazon drought : A prolonged rainfall deficit in the Amazon Basin that lowers river levels and stresses forests and communities. Warming and circulation shifts can increase the severity of drought affecting the basin.
Brazilian Nationally Determined Contribution : Brazil’s climate pledge under the Paris Agreement, setting national targets and describing mitigation and adaptation plans. It translates Brazil’s international commitment into stated emissions goals.
Land-use change and forestry : Changes in land cover and forest carbon stocks that add or remove greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. This emissions category has historically been especially influential in Brazil’s national totals.
Amazon rainforest : The tropical rainforest spanning the Amazon Basin, containing exceptional biodiversity and storing large amounts of carbon. Its evapotranspiration helps sustain rainfall across Brazil and neighboring regions.
Wildfire in the Amazon rainforest : Fires in the Amazon rainforest, often ignited by people and intensified by dry conditions. Drought and heat make fires more likely, while burning releases carbon and damages forests.
Amazon Fund : A Brazilian fund that finances efforts to prevent, monitor, and combat deforestation in the Amazon. It channels finance toward forest protection, a central part of Brazil’s mitigation efforts.
Fossil fuel emissions : Greenhouse gases released by extracting and burning coal, oil, and natural gas. Unlike many large economies, Brazil’s emissions have been strongly shaped by land use as well as energy.
Cerrado : Brazil’s vast tropical savanna, characterized by grasslands, shrublands, and woodlands adapted to seasonal drought. Conversion of this carbon-rich biome for agriculture adds substantially to Brazilian land-use emissions.
Drought in Brazil : A sustained shortage of rainfall affecting water supplies, ecosystems, agriculture, and energy production in Brazil. Climate change can amplify drought risks, though natural variability also shapes individual events.
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