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Climate change affects everyone

The land heated on average 1.3°C in relation to the pre-industrial climate, mainly due to the burning of coal, oil and gas. Global warming continues to increase at approximately 0.1°C every five years, studies by NASA and NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) show that the temperature recorded on Earth in 2018 was the fourth highest in the last 140 years.�

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According to information from the Brazilian Panel on Climate Change (PBMC), an increase in temperature and reduction of rainfall is expected for the Midwest region of the country in the coming decades.

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HOW DOES CLIMATE CHANGE AFFECT MY STATE?

�The state of Mato Grosso is a world agricultural power. The impacts on agribusiness in general, however small they may seem, influence the entire chain, for example, changes in rainfall regimes can lead to: both the loss of soil quality, its characteristics and nutrients; regarding the weakening of plants, which will not be able to take advantage of the nutrients present in the soil. In addition, the changes can lead to the incidence of pests, as the effects of global warming also affect the behavior of populations of harmful organisms that cohabit in agricultural systems. These problems are not isolated!

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food safety

The radical change in rainfall and temperature regimes compromises food security both locally and globally.

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Actions being taken

In 2015, the United Nations (UN) launched the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). During the plenary meeting of the United Nations Summit for Sustainable Development. The UN Global Compact was responsible for the mission of engaging the private sector, which must implement the 17 Goals and 169 targets by 2030. SDG number 13, entitled: Action against global climate change, aims to adopt measures urgent measures to combat climate change and its impacts. In addition, several other measures have been taken to mitigate the effect of climate change.

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YOUR ACTIONS MATTER, THINK BEFORE YOU ACT! WHAT YOU DO TODAY CAN IMPACT FUTURE GENERATIONS.