Main description:

This book maps extreme temperature increase under dangerous climate change scenarios in Brazil and their impacts on four key sectors: agriculture, health, biodiversity and energy. The book draws on a careful review of the literature and climate projections, including relative risk estimates. This synthesis summarizes the state-of-the-art knowledge and provides decision-makers with risk analysis tools, to be incorporated in public planning policy, in order to understand climate events which may occur and which may have significant consequences.

Contents:

1. Introduction.-2. Assessment of Warming Projections and Probabilities for Brazil.- 3. Agricultural Sector.- 4. Health Sector.- 5. Biodiversity Sector.- 6. Energy Sector.- 7. Final Remarks and Recommendations.- Glossary.