| CHANGE OF HABITS |
A family of three carrying suitcases and walking. |
Drought in the Northeast and migration to the city. |
“Agricultural land in the Northeast will reduce: it will get very dry. There will be a large-scale migration of the population from the country to the cities.” |
| WARMER BRAZIL |
Three thermometers showing the ascending order of temperature rise. |
Temperature rise |
“In 50 years, temperature rise in Brazil will be of about 2ºC to 3ºC. The worst scenario will be in the Amazon, where the temperature may increase about 6ºC.” |
| MIGRATING COFFEE |
Several coffee seeds lined up in the drawing. |
Shifting coffee bean crops from the Southeast to the South. |
“Growing coffee will no longer be profitable in the Southeast region and it might migrate to the south of the country." |
| THE AMAZON WILL SUFFER |
Images of dolphins/Amazon river dolphins in the water, trees and a monkey, referring to the fauna and flora of the Amazon. |
Floods and droughts, in some years, reduced water discharge and the vulnerability of the forest and of the system in general. |
“In some years there will be floods, and in others, hard droughts. The water discharge in the area may be reduced to up to 40% and may influence the flow of the rivers as well as the forest, which will be more vulnerable to fires and might lose its biodiversity. ” |
| RISK IN THE SLOPE |
A slope with houses falling down into the river, where a car is |
Floods and landslide in slopes that have dwellers (South and |
“Floods and landslide in populated slopes have become common in the |
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already floating. |
Southeast) |
South and Southeast in the past years, mainly in the beginning of the year. There is propensity that this scenario gets worse." |
| INFOMAP |
In the North and in the Northeast, drawings of rivers shrinking as they follow their paths; in the Center-West, drawings of clouds and lightning with stormy rain; to the South, drawings of voluminous river paths with images of the sun and heavy rain. |
Climate changes in the Brazilian regions. |
- 20% IN THE VOLUME OF RIVERS IN THE AMAZON
- 30% IN THE VOLUME OF WATER IN THE TOCANTINS RIVER BASIN
+ 40% IN THE VOLUME OF WATER IN THE PARANÁ RIVER BASIN
+ 10% IN THE VOLUME OF WATER IN THE PRATA RIVER |
| THE FORECAST |
Drawings of the Sun, the sea and clouds, showing: hot weather, drought; water; air, the focus of the issues on the climate and the environment in which we live. |
Final forecast for the country. |
“The country will face changes in the patterns of rain precipitation. Moments of drought and flood will be more severe and more frequent, demanding effort and investment for the country and the cities to adapt."
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