Food security under climate change

Abstract

Using food prices to assess climate change impacts on food security is misleading. Differential impacts on income require a broader measure of household well-being, such as changes in absolute poverty.

Resource Type

Opinion/editorial

Author

TW Hertel

Resource URL

http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/v6/n1/full/nclimate2834.html

Publication

Nature Climate Change

Volume

6

Pages

10-13

Date

2016

DOI

10.1038/nclimate2834

Organization Type

Academic

Health and Human Impact

Food security

Climate and Environmental Impact

Food/crops

Other

Vulnerable populations

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