WWA scientists warn of climate flood risk in Brazil: comment
Comment on analysis from WWA scientists warning of climate risks in Brazil
By Gareth Redmond-King
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Commenting on analysis by scientists from World Weather Attribution, which found that events such as the intense rainfall and flooding in Brazil last month, which killed over 70 people and threatened the region's coffee industry, are likely to intensify as the climate warms [1], Gareth Redmond-King, Head of International Programme at the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU) said:
“Brazil is one of our biggest suppliers of food after EU nations and the US, and our number one supplier of coffee - £262 million, or around a third of total coffee imports, last year.
"Not only do worsening climate change impacts threaten lives and livelihoods in Brazil, but they are actively adding costs to the day-to-day prices we pay in the supermarket here at home, from fruit and veg to feed for livestock which we farm in the UK. Coffee itself has risen in price in recent years, with the cost of ground coffee in the UK going up by around a quarter over the last five years after extreme weather hit harvests in Brazil and Vietnam. We know that net zero emissions is the only solution we have to limit these worsening threats, and tackle the risks which expert after expert is warning that climate change poses to our food security.”
Notes to editors:
1. The analysis by World Weather Attribution is published on Thursday 12 March.
2. Recent ECIU analysis showed how vulnerable food imports to the UK from Brazil are to climate change: https://eciu.net/analysis/reports/2025/brazil-and-food-imports
For more information or for interview requests:
George Smeeton, Head of Communications, ECIU, Tel: 07894 571 153, email: george.smeeton@eciu.net