The drought in central and southern parts of Brazil is not new, and yet most people in Brazil have no understanding that it is largely man-made, the effect of climate change – directly attributable to deforestation. What IS new is the fact that this is now the worst Brazilian drought in the past 100 years – the drought has reached new levels of incursion into the daily lives of Brazilians. When you then see the electricity generation graph below, showing that hydro power offers Brazil roughly 62% of all of its electricity and you have the perfect man-made disaster – no water, leads to no food, and you can add to this no electricity, or worse still, an increase in…