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.
“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.”
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