Assad, EduardoPinto, Hilton S.Nassar, AndreHarfuch, LeilaFreitas, SauloFarinelli, BarbaraLundell, MarkFernandes, Erick C.M.2014-06-252014-06-252013https://hdl.handle.net/10986/18740This report evaluates the requirements for an assessment of climate change impacts on agriculture to guide policy makers on investment priorities and phasing. Because agriculture is vital for national food security and is a strong contributor to Brazil's GDP growth, there is growing concern that Brazilian agriculture is increasingly vulnerable to climate variability and change. To meet national development, food security, climate adaptation and mitigation, and trade goals over the next several decades, Brazil will need to significantly increase per area productivity of food and pasture systems while simultaneously reducing deforestation, rehabilitating millions of hectares of degraded land, and adapting to climate change. There is inadequate data to accurately model projected climate challenges facing Brazil. The report concludes that key integrated and linked interventions are needed in the short term to significantly improve currently available assessments of climate change impact on Brazilian agriculture and to guide policy makers with the priorities and phasing of needed investments.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACIDIFICATIONADVERSE IMPACTSADVERSE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEAEROSOL EFFECTSAGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIESAGRICULTURAL ACTIVITYAGRICULTURAL LANDAGRICULTURAL LAND USEAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL SCIENCEAGRICULTUREAIRAIR TEMPERATURESALBEDOAMAZON FORESTAMBIENT TEMPERATURESASSESSING CLIMATE CHANGEASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGEASSESSMENT OF CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTSATLANTIC FORESTATMOSPHEREBIODIVERSITYBIODIVERSITY CONSERVATIONBIOENERGYBIOMASSBIOSPHEREBOUNDARY LAYERCALCULATIONCARBONCARBON DIOXIDECARBON EMISSIONSCARBON SEQUESTRATIONCLASSIFICATIONCLIMATECLIMATE ADAPTATIONCLIMATE ANALYSISCLIMATE CHANGECLIMATE CHANGE CONSEQUENCESCLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTCLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT ASSESSMENTSCLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT PROJECTIONSCLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTSCLIMATE CHANGE POLICYCLIMATE CHANGE PROJECTIONSCLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOCLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOSCLIMATE CHANGE SIMULATIONSCLIMATE CHANGESCLIMATE CONDITIONSCLIMATE DATACLIMATE FACTORSCLIMATE FORCINGCLIMATE IMPACTCLIMATE IMPACTSCLIMATE INFORMATIONCLIMATE MODELCLIMATE MODELERSCLIMATE MODELINGCLIMATE MODELSCLIMATE PROJECTIONSCLIMATE RISKCLIMATE RISKSCLIMATE SIMULATIONCLIMATE SIMULATIONSCLIMATE VARIABILITYCLIMATE-CHANGECLIMATE-CHANGE SCENARIOSCLIMATIC CHANGESCLIMATIC RISKCLIMATIC RISKSCLIMATOLOGYCLOUDSCO2COASTCOLD TEMPERATURESCOLORSCOMBAT CLIMATE CHANGECONSERVATIONCONSERVATION AREASCORAL REEFSCROP PRODUCTIONCROPLANDCROPSDATA SETSDEFORESTATIONDEGRADED LANDDESERTIFICATIONDROUGHTECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATEECONOMIC IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEECOSYSTEMECOSYSTEMSEMISSIONEMISSION SCENARIOEMISSIONSEMISSIONS FROM DEFORESTATIONEMISSIONS SCENARIOSETHANOLEVAPORATIONEVAPOTRANSPIRATIONEXCESSIVE RAINEXTREME EVENTSEXTREME TEMPERATUREEXTREME TEMPERATURESFARMSFERTILIZATIONFIELD OBSERVATIONSFLOODSFORESTFOREST EXTRACTIONFOREST LAWFOREST PRODUCTSFOREST REMOVALFORESTRYFORESTRY OPERATIONSFORESTSFRESHWATERFROSTFRUITSFUTURE CLIMATE CHANGEFUTURE CLIMATE SCENARIOSGCMGENERAL CIRCULATION MODELGHGGLACIERSGLOBAL CLIMATEGLOBAL GREENHOUSE GASGLOBAL WARMINGGRASSLANDSGREENHOUSEGREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONSHIGH TEMPERATURESHYDROLOGICAL CYCLEHYDROLOGICAL FLOWSIMPACT OF CLIMATEIMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGEIMPACTS FROM CLIMATE CHANGEIMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEIMPACTS ON TEMPERATUREINCREASE IN TEMPERATUREINTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGEINTERNATIONAL PANEL ON CLIMATE CHANGEINTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC COOPERATIONIPCCLAND AREALAND COVERLAND DEGRADATIONLAND USELAND USE CHANGELOCAL CLIMATEMETEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATIONMETEOROLOGICAL SERVICESMETEOROLOGICAL STATIONSMINIMUM TEMPERATURESMITIGATIONNATIONAL CLIMATENATIONAL CLIMATE CHANGENATIONAL PARKSNATIONAL SCALENEGATIVE IMPACTSNEGATIVE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE CHANGEOCEANSOIL PALMPASTURESPHOTOSYNTHESISPLANT GROWTHPRECIPITATIONPRESERVATIONQUALITY OF WATERRADIATIONRAINRAINFALLRAINFALL CONDITIONSRAINFALL EVENTSRANGESREGIONAL CLIMATEREGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGEREGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE SCENARIOSREGIONAL CLIMATE MODELREGIONAL CLIMATE PROJECTIONSREGIONAL CLIMATE SCENARIOSREGIONAL CLIMATESRENEWABLE ENERGYRESILIENCE TO CLIMATE CHANGERIPARIAN ZONESRISKS OF CLIMATE CHANGERUNOFFSCIENTISTSCIENTISTSSEASONSOIL CARBONSOILSSPECIESSPECIES DIVERSITYSUGAR CANESUGAR INDUSTRYSURFACE VARIABLESTEMPERATURETEMPERATURE EFFECTSTEMPERATURE INCREASETEMPERATURE INCREASESTEMPERATURE RISETEMPERATURE VARIATIONTOPOGRAPHYTREE SPECIESTROPICAL FORESTTROPICSVARIABILITY OF RAINFALLVEGETATIONVEGETATIVE GROWTHWATER QUALITYWATER RETENTIONWETLAND10.1596/18740