Amazon cities and climate change

Abstract

Manaus, due to the growth process it has undergone in recent decades, is among the cities with a high level of environmental vulnerability. According to the IPCC 6th Climate Change Report, the impacts of climate change will hit hardest the poor populations with limited adaptive capacity. This article shows the IPCC's warnings about the risks of global warming, the great inequalities in the distribution of Amazonian populations, and the seriousness of the increase in deforestation and greenhouse gas emissions that compromise the lives not only of the region's inhabitants, but of the planet as a whole. Moreover, it emphasizes the need for urgent solutions in order to contain the degradation process of the Amazon rainforest, actions that include defending the Amazonian biome and the objective and efficient confrontation of the problems of pollutant emissions, through energy efficiency practices.

Respirable particles, the influence of the tropical climate and the importance of monitoring air quality in the city of Manaus-AM

“…Apparently, everyone is subjected to the same atmospheric air, but for some (the sick, children, the elderly and the poor) the effect of pollution is greater (Felin and De Simoni, 2021;Valois and Cartaxo, 2022).…”

“…Currently, we have already lost 18% and a possible "savannization" of the Amazon is likely to cause new CO2 emissions into the atmosphere and significantly alter the rainfall regime, affecting food production in South America and the country's water and energy security. (WRI Brazil, 2022, cited by Valois and Cartaxo, 2022) In a pioneering initiative, researchers from the Federal University of Amazonas installed an Engineering and its advancements Respirable particles, the influence of the tropical climate and the importance of monitoring air quality in the city of Manaus-AM Air Quality Monitoring Station (EMQA) in the eastern region of the city, with the aim of analyzing and measuring the level of atmospheric pollutants, especially in the areas near the thermoelectric plants, where emissions from burning fossil fuels are concentrated. Mobile emissions represented by motor vehicles circulating in the urban perimeter were also investigated, as the issue of transport and air quality is paradoxical.…”