"“The Amazon is one of the pillars of the global climate system, home to more terrestrial biodiversity than anywhere else on the planet.”"
"“If deforestation reaches 20-25% or global heating rises to 2.0-2.5C, we could hit a tipping point, leading to irreversible transformation.”"
Carlos Nobre, a renowned Brazilian climate scientist, highlights the extreme crisis facing the Amazon rainforest, linking deforestation with climate change and organized crime. He warns that if deforestation exceeds 20-25%, or global temperature rises to 2.0-2.5C, the rainforest may suffer irreversible degradation. Today, 18% of the Amazon is already deforested, and recent record droughts signify the severe current impacts. Nobre stresses that urgent global actions are needed to avert a tipping point that could devastate not only the Amazon but also regional weather and global climate systems.
Read at www.theguardian.com
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