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Climate Change and the Amazon Forest: a close relationship

We are very proud to announce that Professor Paulo Artaxo, from the Center for Amazonian Sustainability, University of São Paulo, Brazil is the 2025 Bert Bolin Climate Lecturer.

Photo: Prof. Paulo Artaxo
Rainbow over the Amazon rainforest, taken from the top of the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO). Photo: Prof. Paulo Artaxo

About the lecture

Climate change is strongly impacting our planet and the Amazon ecosystem. The global increase in temperature is close to reaching 1.5 degrees Celsius, but in many continental areas, the temperatures have already increased by more than 2 degrees. Increased temperatures, reduced precipitation, and an increase in climate extremes are already causing significant changes in Amazonia. The forest stores 120 billion tons of carbon, and there is a risk that this large amount of carbon goes to the atmosphere, worsening global warming. The biological functioning of Amazonia is changing with the climate, impacting the global hydrological cycle. Prof. Artaxo will discuss how to deal with these critical aspects and build a sustainable society that could protect the ecosystems we depend on, and ourselves.

See the recording of the lecture below, and read more about lecture and Prof. Artaxo further down.

The Bert Bolin Climate Lecture can be seen in this video

 

About Prof. Paulo Artaxo

Photo: Ana Paula Artaxo
Photo: Ana Paula Artaxo

Prof. Artaxo is a renowned climate scientists and member of the Brazilian Academy of Sciences, as well as the World Academy of Sciences (TWAS). He was a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that received the Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore in 2007, and contributed as lead author in Working Group 1 for the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Assessment Reports. Prof. Artaxo is also a member of the IPCC team on the Special Report on Aviation and the Global Atmosphere. During his Post doc, Prof. Artaxo worked at Stockholm University, where he also received a Doctorate of Philosophy Honoris Causa in 2009.

You can read more about Prof. Artaxo’s research on the University of São Paulo Atmospheric Physics Laboratory (LFA) website.

The Bert Bolin Climate Lecture is open to all who register, and aimed towards high school students and the general public.

Last updated: September 1, 2025

Source: Bolin Centre for Climate Research

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