# Brazil's climate losses surge 67% in first half of 2026

> Extreme weather in Brazil caused fifty-one point nine billion reais in losses in the first half of 2026, more than double the previous year, while insurance coverage of farmland collapsed.
- Title: Brazil's climate losses surge 67% in first half of 2026
- Summary: Extreme weather in Brazil caused fifty-one point nine billion reais in losses in the first half of 2026, more than double the previous year, while insurance…
- Keywords: brazil, climate change, extreme weather, agribusiness, insurance, losses, Folha de S.Paulo
- Source: Folha de S.Paulo — https://redir.folha.com.br/redir/online//rss091/*https://www1.folha.uol.com.br/internacional/en/business/2026/11/brazilian-agribusiness-faces-growing-losses-from-climate-change.shtml
- Published: 2026-11-10T17:57:00+00:00
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- Topics: brazil, climate change, extreme weather, agribusiness, insurance, losses, news, politics
## Extreme weather losses nearly doubled
Losses from extreme weather events in Brazil rose sixty-seven point four percent in the first half of twenty twenty-six, jumping from thirty-one billion reais to fifty-one point nine billion reais.

> Losses in the first half of this year exceed those recorded throughout last year, when they totaled around R$46 billion ($8,2 billion).
## Eighteen months of mounting damage
Over eighteen months from January twenty twenty-five to June twenty twenty-six, losses totaled approximately ninety-eight billion reais, according to Dyogo Henrique de Oliveira, president of CNseg, the National Confederation of Insurers.
## Insurance coverage collapses on farmland
Insurance coverage of cultivated land fell sharply from around sixteen percent in twenty twenty-one to twenty twenty-two to three point three percent last year, leaving farms increasingly exposed to climate losses.
## Key takeaway

Extreme weather losses in Brazil rose sixty-seven point four percent to fifty-one point nine billion reais in the first half of twenty twenty-six, while insurance coverage of farmland fell to three point three percent.