#ClimateCrisis ~ Economic impact of Brazil’s extreme precipitation event on regional and national economy:
“Rio Grande do Sul’s economy — about as big as Uruguay and Paraguay combined — had been growing at 3.5% this year through April, but could end 2024 falling by 2%. That would mean a 0.4% dent in Brazil’s GDP which would mean zero growth this year.”
⚠️ Projected global GDP loss at heating of 2°C = -16%
Teenagers in a remote Brazilian tribe have become hooked on pornography months after they were given high-speed internet access via Elon Musk’s #Starlink.
NB: Brazil flood warnings were available for a week in advance:
“but the warning may not have reached all of those at risk, and the public may not have understood the severity of the impacts or known what actions to take in response to the forecasts.”
We are generally woefully unprepared for a world close to a permanent +1.5°C of heating.
"A study from the University of São Paulo indicates the #Cerrado [#Brazil’s savanna biome] is experiencing its most severe #drought in centuries due to rising temperatures and disrupted rainfall patterns, confirmed through geological and weather data analysis.
This alarming finding is largely attributed to the effects of global warming, which have been particularly severe in Brazil’s central region."
A Spix’s #macaw perches in a tree in a breeding facility in Curaçá, eastern #Brazil. The species is clinging to life: declared #extinct in the wild, it now mainly persists in protected habitats, although Brazil hopes to re-establish a wild population before long.
NY Times: Catastrophic Floods in Brazil Set Off Another Crisis: Homeless Pets
Officials in the southern part of the country have rescued more than 12,500 animals in recent weeks since catastrophic floods inundated cities and towns.
When reseach shows global GDP will fall by 16% when we pass the 2° mark (on current trajectory in 16 years) then this is why.
Reminder the situation in #PortoAlegre is playing out in the context of +1.3°C (latest 5-year average) and +1.63°C 12-month running mean above preindustrial.
"#Mangroves are threatened by deforestation, development, pollution, and dam construction, but the risk to these ecosystems is increasing due to #SeaLevelRise and the increased frequency of severe storms associated with climate change. #ClimateChange threatens one third (33%) of the mangrove ecosystems assessed."
#RioDeJaneiro bay reforestation shows mangroves’ power to mitigate climate disasters
"Natural vegetation like that of Guapimirim “is like a true sponge,” avoiding or mitigating floods by reducing the energy of the waters, Mauricio Barbosa Muniz said. Vegetation in the region safeguards 1 million residents in the city of Sao Goncalo, in Rio’s metropolitan region, and others."