Reducing Risks To Food Security From Climate Change
As such the scope of the paper does not cover greenhouse gas ghg emissions from the agriculture sectors nor means to reduce them.
Reducing risks to food security from climate change. Natural disasters and extreme weather events can cause injury mental health issues increased risk of infection and death. These can trigger local food crises disrupt trade infrastructure and have cascading systemic consequences for example crop failure in a major breadbasket region can precipitate. Availability access utilisation and stability. Department of agriculture usda during 21st session of the conference of the parties to the un framework convention on climate change cop 21 in paris.
Climate change is a threat multiplier for hungry and undernourished people. A framework document vii tables table 1. Climate change affects food production and availability access quality utilization and stability. Climate change and food security.
Food system which. Climate change is likely to impede progress on reducing undernourishment around the world in the decades ahead according to a scientific assessment released by the u s. Climate change and food security. Many of these impacts are already measurable.
Reducing risks to food security from climate change climate change will have far reaching impacts on crop livestock and fisheries production and will change the prevalence of crop pests. The impacts of climate change on crop yield can already be detected in observed data lobell et al 2011 climate impact studies on crops predominate but impacts on fisheries and livestock production are no less serious creighton et al 2015 herrero et al 2015. Food availability may be reduced by negative climate change impacts on productivity of crops livestock and fish due for instance to increases in temperature and changes in rainfall patterns. Climate change and food security.
Potential impacts of climate change on food systems and food security and possible adaptive responses 14 table 2. Impacts of droughts on livestock numbers in selected african countries 1981 to 1999 22 table 3. Climate change poses significant risks to human health in many ways. Climate change negatively affects all four pillars of food security.
Many of these impacts are already measurable. Climate change global food security and the u s. Some of climate change s most serious risks to food security arise from more frequent and extreme weather events such as droughts heat waves and floods. Climate change will have far reaching impacts on crop livestock and fisheries production and will change the prevalence of crop pests.
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