Climate Change Risks To Food Security

Countries with high levels of hunger are often also highly vulnerable to climate change and have a low capacity to adapt.

Climate change risks to food security.

As stated by the chapter authors. Also climate actions to adapt and mitigate impacts can have a negative effect. Chapter 7 food security and food production systems details the current effects of climate change the expected decline in crop production by 2030 as a result of climate change and what farmers can do to mitigate some of the negative impacts. Climate change affects food production and availability access quality utilization and stability.

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. The questions for this chapter are how far climate and its. Climate security is a concept that summons the idea that climate related change amplifies existing risks in society that endangers the security of humans ecosystems economy infrastructure and societies. Reducing risks to food security from climate change is one of the major challenges of the 21st century.

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 is a threat multiplier for hungry and undernourished people. Climate change and food security.