Brazil - Country Note on Climate Change Aspects in Agriculture

This country note briefly summarizes information relevant to both climate change and agriculture in Brazil, with focus on policy developments (including action plans and programs) and institutional make-up. In Brazil, the 5th largest emitter of greenhouse gases in the world, agriculture (including land use change and forestry) is the largest contributor to green house gas (GHG) emissions. The emission reduction potential of the agricultural sector (including land use change and forestry) is significant and not yet sufficiently explored. Brazil currently counts with 30 Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in the agricultural sector (targeting only methane emission reductions and biomass generation), while there are no registered CDM projects in the country under the 'afforestation and reforestation' category. Agriculture is highly vulnerable to climate variability, particularly in the Brazilian semi-arid Northeast where droughts have had a significant impact on crop yields and people's livelihood. The extension and improvement of both irrigation infrastructure and climate-sensitive insurance coverage for agricultural production, as well as addressing the problems of severe land degradation, can reduce some of the observed vulnerabilities in the country. Reducing poverty and inequality in rural areas, and particularly in those areas already vulnerable to climate risk, can also contribute to minimizing the negative impacts of future weather variability.

Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	World Bank
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC 2009-12
Subjects:	AFFORESTATION, AFFORESTATION EFFORTS, AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION, AGRICULTURAL RESOURCE, AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, AIR, AMAZON RAINFOREST, ATLANTIC FOREST, ATLANTIC RAINFOREST, BIODIVERSITY, BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION, BIOMASS, CALCULATION, CARBON, CARBON ABSORPTION, CARBON CREDITS, CARBON DIOXIDE, CARBON EMISSIONS, CARBON SEQUESTRATION, CARBON SEQUESTRATION RATE, CARBON TRADING, CH4, CLIMATE, CLIMATE CHANGE, CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS, CLIMATE CHANGE INFORMATION, CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUE, CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES, CLIMATE CHANGE MAPS, CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION, CLIMATE CHANGE PROGRAM, CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS, CLIMATE CHANGE VULNERABILITY, CLIMATE FORECASTING, CLIMATE MODELING, CLIMATE MODELS, CLIMATE POLICY, CLIMATE PROJECTIONS, CLIMATE REQUIREMENTS, CLIMATE RISK, CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT, CLIMATE RISKS, CLIMATE SCENARIOS, CLIMATE VARIABILITY, CLIMATIC CHANGES, CLIMATIC VARIABILITY, CO2, COFFEE PLANTATION, CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY, CROP INSURANCE, CULTIVATED LAND, CULTIVATION, DAMAGES, DEFORESTATION, DEFORESTATION ACTIVITIES, DEFORESTATION RATE, DESERTIFICATION, DIESEL, DNA, DROUGHT, DROUGHTS, DRY FOREST, ECONOMIC IMPACT, ECOSYSTEM, ELECTRICITY, ELECTRICITY GENERATION, EMISSION, EMISSION REDUCTION, EMISSION REDUCTION POTENTIAL, EMISSION REDUCTIONS, EMISSIONS, EMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTURE, EMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATION, EMISSIONS FROM LAND-USE CHANGE, EMISSIONS FROM LIVESTOCK, ENVIRONMENTAL CONSTRAINTS, EVAPORATION, EVAPOTRANSPIRATION, EXTREME EVENTS, EXTREME WEATHER, EXTREME WEATHER EVENTS, FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS, FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS, FINANCIAL RESOURCES, FISHERY, FLOODS, FORAGES, FOREST, FOREST AREAS, FOREST CARBON, FOREST COVERAGE, FOREST DEGRADATION, FOREST FIRES, FOREST INDUSTRY, FOREST INVENTORIES, FOREST PLANTATIONS, FOREST RESOURCES, FOREST SECTOR, FORESTRY, FORESTRY PROJECTS, FORESTRY SECTOR, FORESTS, FOSSIL FUELS, FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, FRESH WATER, FUTURE CLIMATE CHANGE, FUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOS, GAS EMISSIONS, GCM, GHG, GHGS, GLOBAL CLIMATE, GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE, GLOBAL EMISSIONS, GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY, GLOBAL WARMING, GREEN HOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE, GREENHOUSE GAS, GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS, GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION, GREENHOUSE GASES, HAIL, HIGH TEMPERATURES, HURRICANE, HYDROLOGIC EFFECTS, IMPACT OF CLIMATE, IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE, IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON AGRICULTURE, IMPACT OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY, IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, INCOME, INFORMATION ON CLIMATE, INFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE, INFORMATION ON CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS, INSURANCE, INSURANCE COMPANIES, INSURANCE COMPANY, INSURANCE CONTRACTS, INSURANCE COVERAGE, INSURANCE INSTRUMENTS, INSURANCE MECHANISMS, INSURANCE POLICIES, INSURANCE PREMIUMS, INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGE, INTERNATIONAL CLIMATE POLICY, IPCC, IRRIGATION, LAND DEGRADATION, LAND MANAGEMENT, LAND TENURE, LAND USE, LAND USE CHANGE, LAND-USE, LANDS, METEOROLOGICAL CENTRES, METHANE, METHANE EMISSIONS, METHANE GAS, MMA, N2O, NATIONAL CLIMATE, NATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE, NEGATIVE IMPACTS, NITROGEN, NITROGEN BASED FERTILIZERS, NITROUS OXIDE, NITROUS OXIDE EMISSIONS, NUTRIENTS, OILS, PARTNERSHIP, PASTORAL SYSTEMS, PASTURE, PASTURES, PER CAPITA INCOME, PLANTING, PORTFOLIO, PRECIPITATION, RAINFALL, REFORESTATION, REGIONAL CLIMATE, REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE, REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOS, RICE PADDIES, RISKS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, RIVER, RIVER BASIN, SCIENTIFIC INFORMATION, SCIENTISTS, SEA, SEASON, SOIL, SOIL CARBON, SOILS, SUBSISTENCE AGRICULTURE, SUBSISTENCE FARMERS, SUGAR CANE, SURFACE WATER, TEMPERATURE, TEMPERATURE INCREASES, TEMPERATURE RISES, TEMPERATURES, TOTAL EMISSIONS, TREES, TROPICAL FORESTS, UNDERGROUND WATER, VULNERABILITY INDICATORS, VULNERABILITY TO CLIMATE VARIABILITY, WASTE MANAGEMENT, WATER QUALITY, WATER RESOURCES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/12/12063635/brazil-country-note-climate-change-aspects-agriculture https://hdl.handle.net/10986/9468
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