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Intro -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Acronyms -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- References -- Chapter 2: Assessment of Warming Projections and Probabilities for Brazil -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Climate Modelling and Climate Scenarios Used -- 2.3 Region Analysed, Models and Data Used -- 2.4 Long-Term Projections for Brazil: Analysis of Air Temperature Projections -- 2.5 Probabilities of Warming Exceeding the Limits of 2 °C to 4 °C -- 2.6 Probability of Warming Exceeding 4°C or More (RCP 8.5) -- 2.7 Warming Risks for Brazil during the Twenty-First Century -- 2.8 Final Remarks -- References -- Chapter 3: Assessments and How an Increase in Temperature may Have an Impact on Agriculture in Brazil and Mapping of the Current and Future Situation -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Methodology -- 3.3 Assessment of Possible Impacts Due to Temperature Increase: Projections for 2020, 2050 and 2080 -- 3.4 Assessment of Possible Impacts Due to Temperature Increase: Projections for Different Crops -- 3.4.1 Sugarcane -- 3.4.2 Cotton -- 3.4.3 Rice -- 3.4.4 Potato -- 3.4.5 Cassava -- 3.4.6 Coffee -- 3.4.7 Beans -- 3.4.8 Sunflower -- 3.4.9 Maize -- 3.4.10 Second-Crop Corn -- 3.4.11 Soybean -- 3.4.12 Wheat -- 3.5 Conclusions -- References -- Chapter 4: A Review of the Health Sector Impacts of 4 °C or more Temperature Rise -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Material and Methods -- 4.2.1 Methodological Considerations -- 4.2.2 Data Sources -- 4.3 Analysis of Studies and Presentation of Results -- 4.4 Direct Impacts of Climate Change on the Health Sector as a Response to Exposure to a Warming of 4 °C or More -- 4.4.1 Heat Stress -- 4.5 Extreme Events -- 4.5.1 Mortality by Heat Waves -- 4.5.2 Natural Disasters and their Impacts on Human Health.

Climate change poses a risk to business operations and to markets--but at the same time, it can bring opportunities for some businesses. With chapters on the nature, science and politics of climate change risk, as well as how to assess, then how to cope with it, and recommendations for incorporating climate change risks into a Company Climate Risk System, this concise guide serves the needs of business students and practitioners across a wide range of sectors, public and private

1. Climate change as a business risk -- 2. The science of climate change -- 3. The consequences of climate change -- 4. The politics of climate change : the regulatory context -- 5. Assessing climate change risks and opportunities -- 6. Coping with the risks of climate change -- 7. An overview.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrative Material -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Tourism–Climate System -- Chapter 3. Case Studies of the Tourism–Climate System -- Chapter 4. An Overview of Tourism -- Chapter 5. Global and Regional Climate Change -- Chapter 6. Methodologies for Greenhouse Gas Accounting -- Chapter 7. Climate Change Mitigation Measures -- Chapter 8. Climate Change-related Risks and Adaptation -- Chapter 9. Climate Change Policies and Practices for Tourism -- Chapter 10. Conclusion -- References -- Index

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