Climate Change Risks in Brazil

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Nobre, Carlos A. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Marengo, Jose A. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Soares, Wagner R. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Physical geography.; Climate change.; Biodiversity.; Agriculture.; Environmental health.; Earth System Sciences.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Environmental Health.

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 sy...