Additional people facing severe drought risk, by temperature increase amount
Select countries: Based on 2000 population levels
Split bar chart showing the amount of additional people facing severe drought risk, by four different temperature increase amounts, in select countries. China, Egypt and Brazil are shown.Overall, Brazil will have between 14.1 million and 49.9 million, depending on the temperature. Egypt has the least variance, with between 47million and 62million among the four temperature increases. China would see the most, with 64.5 million for a 1.5 degrees celsius increase, and 279 million in a 4 degrees celsius increase.