By ShareAmerica
Food is an essential, but scarce, resource in many parts of the world. Global conflicts, climate change and supply disruptions from COVID-19 have exacerbated the problem. This article takes a closer look at the impact of climate change on today’s food crisis.
Extreme weather is a driver of world hunger.
As global temperatures and sea levels rise, the result is more heat waves, droughts, floods, cyclones and wildfires. Those conditions make it difficult for farmers to grow food and for the hungry to get it.
Scientific studies indicate that extreme weather events will likely become more frequent or more intense due to human-induced climate change.
“The climate crisis is a crisis of natural disasters, of floods and storms and heat waves,” U.S. Representative to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield said in August. “But it also directly leads to a food security crisis. It makes it much harder to feed people.”
Extreme weather events and conflict are the top two drivers of forced displacement globally, together responsible for driving nearly 30 million people (PDF, 611KB) from their homes annually, the White House reported.
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Previously Published on share.america.gov
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