What Makes Agriculture Vulnerable to Climate Change, and the Mortality Effects of Fruit and Vegetable Scarcity
- Abstract
Gains in food production and increased awareness of global food security are threatened by looming losses due to climate change, according to a study published in The Lancet. Marco Springmann et al. calculate that climate change will lead to a 3.2 percent reduction in global food availability per person by 2050, driven by changes in weather patterns, increasing frequency of extreme weather, and potential social disruptions to food production like disease and conflict. Such a decline could lead to over 500,000 related deaths, primarily due to dietary and weight-related risk factors.
- Resource Type
- Blog Post
- Author
- Environmental Change and Security Program
- Date
- June 23, 2016
- Organization Type
- Ngo
- Health and Human Impact
- Food security
- Climate and Environmental Impact
- Food/crops