How climate change affects farming and food security
1 year, 1 month ago

How climate change affects farming and food security

Live Mint  

As impacts from prolonged droughts to extreme heat worsen, climate change is threatening the world's ability to produce enough nutritious food and ensure everyone has access to it. At COP28 in Dubai, more than 130 country leaders on Friday called for global and national food systems to be rethought to address climate change - the first such official recognition at a U.N. climate summit of growing worries about food security and planet-heating emissions from agriculture. The Climate Focus survey of 13 countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America found nearly 440 million small-scale farmer households now spend about $368 billion annually on adaptation costs, or about $838 each per year. Analysts say efforts to shore up global food security also need to reach well beyond farms, to try to rein in speculators in food markets, discourage export clampdowns and revamp increasingly overwhelmed humanitarian aid systems.

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Climate change and water shortages pose a 'pressing risk' to Britain's food security, finds major Whitehall report - but critics fume after it makes NO mention of Labour's 'family farm tax'
4 weeks ago

Climate change and water shortages pose a 'pressing risk' to Britain's food security, finds major Whitehall report - but critics fume after it makes NO mention of Labour's 'family farm tax'

Daily Mail  

Climate change, biodiversity loss and water insecurity pose 'pressing risks' to Britain's food security, a major Whitehall report has warned. The release of the food security report coincided with fresh protests by farmers in Westminster about measures announced in Chancellor Rachel Reeves' Budget Sir Keir Starmer has been blasted by farmers after Labour announced they will have to pay a …

There’s a biodiversity crisis and our food system is driving it | All Hail
1 month ago

There’s a biodiversity crisis and our food system is driving it | All Hail

Al Jazeera  

The staggering impact our global food system is having on the planet’s biodiversity. When most of us think about species’ extinction, the images that come to mind are of big predators like tigers or bears that are endangered, or vast swaths of forest habitat being razed along with the creatures in it. But look a little closer and you’ll soon …

Climate change threatens global food supply: Scientists sound alarm
1 month ago

Climate change threatens global food supply: Scientists sound alarm

India Today  

As climate change intensifies, scientists are raising alarms about its devastating impact on global food security. A study published in Trends in Plant Science by an international team of researchers points to the urgent need to develop climate-resilient crops to avert severe food shortages, famine, mass migration, and global instability. Silvia Restrepo, President of the Boyce Thompson Institute and co-author …

BHU team designs new model to show how climate change will cause food scarcity
1 month, 1 week ago

BHU team designs new model to show how climate change will cause food scarcity

India Today  

A new study by researchers at Banaras Hindu University has unveiled a mathematical model that explores the complex relationships between rising atmospheric carbon dioxide levels, global temperatures, human population, and crop growth. The model, incorporating both autonomous and nonautonomous systems, captures the nonlinear dynamics between these factors, revealing critical thresholds beyond which crop yields may significantly decline. AK Misra, one …

Food worth $1.5 trillion goes to waste annually, experts raise concern at COP29
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Food worth $1.5 trillion goes to waste annually, experts raise concern at COP29

India Today  

At the COP29 summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, food security, sustainability, and agriculture have emerged as critical topics during the second week of discussions. Activists, policymakers, and environmental experts are emphasising the urgent need for sustainable food systems, tackling food waste, and addressing the global hunger crisis exacerbated by climate change. The Waste and Resource Action Program report, released last week, …

Joint climate action key to hunger-free world
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Joint climate action key to hunger-free world

China Daily  

MA XUEJING/CHINA DAILY Climate change poses a serious threat to global food security. Rising mean temperatures and more frequent and severe extreme weather events could push hundreds of millions of additional people into hunger or leave them suffering undernutrition if the international community does not immediately implement effective corrective measures. Recent studies show that average crop yield in some African …

Famine Looms in Vulnerable Regions as Conflict and Climate Shocks Aggravate Food Insecurity
2 months, 1 week ago

Famine Looms in Vulnerable Regions as Conflict and Climate Shocks Aggravate Food Insecurity

Associated Press  

Severe food crises threaten hundreds of thousands of people in vulnerable areas worldwide. The report warns that conflicts, economic instability, and climate shocks are driving alarming levels of acute food insecurity, with immediate, scaled-up intervention needed to prevent further deterioration in these already vulnerable regions.

How we grow food affects the climate. Here are solutions communities are taking to help
3 months, 3 weeks ago

How we grow food affects the climate. Here are solutions communities are taking to help

NPR  

How we grow food affects the climate. Here are solutions communities are taking to help toggle caption Scott Olson/Getty Images Climate change is affecting our food, and our food is affecting the climate. As NPR's climate solutions reporter Julia Simon puts it, "modern agriculture is a big driver of climate change. Some solutions start by honoring indigenous knowledge As the …

Climate Solutions Week: The future of food
4 months ago

Climate Solutions Week: The future of food

NPR  

Climate Solutions Week: The future of food Jackie Lay/NPR September 9-15, 2024 Climate experts say when it comes to global warming, pay attention to what we eat. We'll explore how we grow food, what we're shopping for in the grocery store and cooking, what we're eating, and what we end up throwing away. Sponsor Message Reporting teams across the NPR …

UK food security hit by climate impacts at home and abroad, analysis warns
4 months, 3 weeks ago

UK food security hit by climate impacts at home and abroad, analysis warns

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy British food security is being hit by a double whammy of climate change impacts at …

Assessing the impact of the climate crisis on public health and nutrition security
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Assessing the impact of the climate crisis on public health and nutrition security

Hindustan Times  

The climate crisis poses a significant risk to global food security. Rising temperatures, extreme weather events, and shifting precipitation patterns impact food production, disrupting food supply chains, increasing food prices, and diminishing food safety. Health care At the United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2023, key players agreed to unlock crucial funding, particularly for the loss and damage fund, to …

If we are to lower food prices and support farmers, we need to restore land
7 months ago

If we are to lower food prices and support farmers, we need to restore land

Al Jazeera  

In recent years, people everywhere have endured soaring food prices, coupled with growing concerns for the wellbeing of those who produce food. This is one of the reasons why this year’s World Environment Day is calling for land protection and restoration to address land degradation, drought and desertification – and bring immediate social, economic and environmental net gains. Land degradation …

Cause and Effect | How extreme weather events are leading to severe consequences for agriculture and food security
7 months ago

Cause and Effect | How extreme weather events are leading to severe consequences for agriculture and food security

Hindustan Times  

The summer of 2024 has brought with it an unusually high number of heatwaves in India, leaving at least 150 dead due to suspected heatstroke till May 31 across the country. Prolonged dry spells in Southern Europe, particularly affecting Italy, Spain, Malta, Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, an abnormally dry winter in western Canada, a winter in India with excess rains …

Climate suffers as world wastes over 1 billion meals a day
9 months, 1 week ago

Climate suffers as world wastes over 1 billion meals a day

China Daily  

A pallet of rescued vegetables is seen at a share house in Johannesburg on February 15, 2021. Food waste across the globe continues to fuel climate change, nature loss and pollution while hurting the global economy, a report by the United Nations has revealed. The UNEP Food Waste Index Report 2024 which was launched on Wednesday said that it is …

The Foods the World Will Lose to Climate Change
1 year ago

The Foods the World Will Lose to Climate Change

Wired  

There’s no denying it: Farming had a rough year. To be a farmer right now—or an agronomist or an agricultural economist—is to recognize how closely those weird weather events are linked to climate change. In fact, when the United Nations Climate Change Summit, known as COP28, ran in Dubai earlier this month, it featured a 134-country pact to integrate planning …

Food insecurity bites in countries overwhelmed by extreme weather
1 year ago

Food insecurity bites in countries overwhelmed by extreme weather

The Independent  

Limiting warming to 1.5C has repeatedly been hailed as “our north star” by Cop28 president Sultan Ahmed al-Jaber in his interactions with the press. “We need more financial resources to tackle the food insecurity challenge, as well as other environmental problems, in our country,” says Mery Yaou, director of environment at Togo’s Ministry of Environment, in an interview with The …

U.S. and UAE-backed initiative announces $9 billion more for agricultural innovation projects
1 year, 1 month ago

U.S. and UAE-backed initiative announces $9 billion more for agricultural innovation projects

Associated Press  

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — An additional $9 billion of funding to tackle agriculture’s role in the climate crisis was announced on the sidelines of the United Nations climate talks on Friday. The Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate, a joint initiative led by the United States and the United Arab Emirates that debuted at the climate talks in Glasgow two …

U.S. and UAE-backed initiative announces $9 billion more for agricultural innovation projects
1 year, 1 month ago

U.S. and UAE-backed initiative announces $9 billion more for agricultural innovation projects

The Independent  

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COP28 presidency mobilizes $2.5 bn to support food-climate agenda
1 year, 1 month ago

COP28 presidency mobilizes $2.5 bn to support food-climate agenda

Live Mint  

Dubai: A fund aiming to promote food security while combatting climate change mobilized $2.5 billion on the second day of the global climate summit on Friday. “There is no path to achieving the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement and keeping 1.5 degree Celcius within reach, that does not urgently address the interactions between food systems, agriculture, and climate,” Mariam …

Major United Nations climate summit will take aim at reducing meat consumption worldwide
1 year, 1 month ago

Major United Nations climate summit will take aim at reducing meat consumption worldwide

Salon  

It has been announced that reducing meat consumption is the one of the United Nation's Food & Agriculture Organization's top goals in coming years, which will be discussed at length at the COP28 summit in Dubai in December. As Agnieszska de Sousa writes in Bloomburg, "nations that over-consume meat will be advised to limit their intake, while developing countries — …

Food security: Effects of the climate crisis on agriculture
1 year, 2 months ago

Food security: Effects of the climate crisis on agriculture

Hindustan Times  

India's food security is at a crossroads, with the looming threat of climate change echoing across its agricultural economy. The road to food security is paved with several obstacles, ranging from food's nutritional value to its cost and safety, all under the ominous shadow of the climate crisis. India's food security is under increasing threat from the climate crisis, and …

Climate change impacts health, gender equality, economic growth and food insecurity: Report
1 year, 5 months ago

Climate change impacts health, gender equality, economic growth and food insecurity: Report

The Hindu  

Climate change impacts various aspects of United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals including health, education, poverty reduction, economic growth, gender equality, besides exacerbating food insecurity and malnutrition, according to a report presented during the ongoing Think20 Summit in Mysuru. The report titled “Our Uncommon Future: Intersectionality of Climate Change and SDGs in the Global South” recognises the differentiated impact of climate …

UN Talks Seek to Fix 'Broken' Global Food System
1 year, 5 months ago

UN Talks Seek to Fix 'Broken' Global Food System

News 18  

A three-day United Nations summit opened in Rome on Monday aimed at tackling a “broken” global food system where millions are starving, two billion are overweight or obese and the planet is suffering. The food systems summit comes amid growing food insecurity around the world, with UN agencies warning of an increasing number of people suffering from chronic hunger. “Global …

From desert to farmland: UAE strives to become a pioneer in climate-smart agriculture
1 year, 5 months ago

From desert to farmland: UAE strives to become a pioneer in climate-smart agriculture

The Hindu  

In January 2021, giving the residents of the UAE a break from mall-hopping and watching Netflix, the new residential township of Arada in Sharjah’s Aljada area began hosting a weekly Friday market in the cooler months of the year, which sold fresh produce from lettuce and tomato to capsicum and honey. In November 2018, the UAE launched the National Strategy …

What makes South Asia so vulnerable to climate change?
1 year, 6 months ago

What makes South Asia so vulnerable to climate change?

Al Jazeera  

Extreme weather events in the world’s most populous and one of the poorest sub regions susceptible to food insecurity, displacement and diseases. Food insecurity For thousands of years, South Asia was seen as the world’s “granary” for agriculture – a region with weather patterns well-suited for growing crops, Pakistan-based climate scientist Fahad Saeed told Al Jazeera. Environmentalist Anjal Prakash said …

India to seek agri solutions in G20
1 year, 6 months ago

India to seek agri solutions in G20

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: Union agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar said that India was ready to work with G20 countries to find solutions to the challenges being faced in different sectors of agriculture. Addressing the media on the first day of the G20 agriculture ministers meeting here on Thursday, the minister exuded hope that India would find solutions to these challenges through deliberations …

258 million people worldwide faced acute food insecurity in 2022, report says
1 year, 8 months ago

258 million people worldwide faced acute food insecurity in 2022, report says

LA Times  

More than a quarter-billion people in 58 countries faced acute food insecurity last year because of conflicts, climate change, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and Russia’s war in Ukraine, according to a report published Wednesday. The report found that the number of people facing acute food insecurity and requiring urgent food aid — 258 million — had increased for …

India-UAE cooperation to sow regional food security
1 year, 8 months ago

India-UAE cooperation to sow regional food security

The Hindu  

The United Arab Emirates, whose food security has been built on imports from global markets, is now focusing on the twin objectives of food access and readiness to confront supply chain crises. India, the world’s second-largest food producer, is an essential partner in the UAE’s ambition to strengthen food security. What the UAE brings to the table Seen together, India …

For real climate justice, it’s time for a food revolution
1 year, 9 months ago

For real climate justice, it’s time for a food revolution

Al Jazeera  

Climate finance and innovation need to focus on agriculture – now – if the planet is to withstand global warming. Front-line countries simultaneously need more and better ways to adapt to new climate realities to keep food on the table and clean, sustainable solutions that limit emissions and ensure such adaptation remains possible. Climate change is already affecting farmers worldwide …

Six foods that climate change is going to ruin
1 year, 11 months ago

Six foods that climate change is going to ruin

Salon  

We don't live in an agrarian society anymore, at least not here in the United States. "The full impact of climate change on the global food system is complex," Marie Cosquer, Advocacy Analyst on Food Systems and Climate Crisis for Action Against Hunger, wrote to Salon. "Coffee arabica is known to be specifically vulnerable to climate change impacts," Dr. Roman …

Cost-of-living crisis overshadows ‘unavoidable’ climate action
1 year, 11 months ago

Cost-of-living crisis overshadows ‘unavoidable’ climate action

Al Jazeera  

Rising cost of living, energy and food supply crunches, and heavy national debt threaten to thwart the collective will needed to address the climate crisis, new report says. Climate change is the global economy’s biggest long-term challenge but one the world is least prepared to tackle because of short-term problems led by a cost-of-living crisis, the World Economic Forum said …

COP27 | India opposes draft text on agriculture
2 years, 1 month ago

COP27 | India opposes draft text on agriculture

The Hindu  

India has opposed the developed world's efforts to extend the scope of mitigation to agriculture at the ongoing U.N. climate summit in Egypt, saying rich nations do not want to change their lifestyles to reduce emissions and are "searching for cheaper solutions abroad", sources said on Thursday. Expressing concern over the draft decision text on the Koronivia Joint Work on …

What the latest IPCC science says about climate change
2 years, 2 months ago

What the latest IPCC science says about climate change

Al Jazeera  

COP27 delegates will be relying on UN climate science agency studies to make decisions about future energy plans. At the COP27 conference in Egypt, delegates will be relying on decades of scientific research published by the UN climate science agency to sway decisions about future energy plans and global warming trajectories. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change produces reports roughly …

Food shock: Crop-battering disasters highlight climate threat
2 years, 2 months ago

Food shock: Crop-battering disasters highlight climate threat

The Hindu  

Rolling crises linked to war, weather disasters and the pandemic have shaken global food systems and tipped millions into hunger and poverty. Others, like floods, can cause sudden "devastation of livelihoods and infrastructure", said Rachel Bezner Kerr, professor at Cornell University and a lead author of the UN's landmark IPCC report on climate impacts. Since then, record temperatures withered crops …

Hundreds of farmers warn MPs ‘fragile food system at critical turning point’
2 years, 2 months ago

Hundreds of farmers warn MPs ‘fragile food system at critical turning point’

The Independent  

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Weather this summer ‘threatens global food supplies’, scientists warn
2 years, 4 months ago

Weather this summer ‘threatens global food supplies’, scientists warn

The Independent  

Extreme weather this summer has slashed harvest forecasts, with experts warning that it could exacerbate the global food crisis. In a written briefing, an international group of experts warned that climate-driven extremes, such as heatwaves, flooding and drought, further threaten global food supplies already impacted by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The situation also offers an insight into what the future …

Experts link recent drop in wheat production to climate change
2 years, 4 months ago

Experts link recent drop in wheat production to climate change

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The year so far ranks among the worst for Ali, a 75-year-old farmer in Uttar Pradesh who lost 35 per cent of the wheat crop he sowed in his two-hectare field due to the heatwave. “I sowed the wheat seeds in December-end and harvested it in April, but the heatwave witnessed in March led to a loss of …

Wheat production drop: Experts link to climate change, urge India to take it up at COP27
2 years, 4 months ago

Wheat production drop: Experts link to climate change, urge India to take it up at COP27

India TV News  

Wheat Production drop: The year so far ranks among the worst for Ali, a 75-year-old farmer in Uttar Pradesh who lost 35 per cent of the wheat crop he sowed in his two-hectare field due to the heatwave. "I sowed the wheat seeds in December-end and harvested it in April, but the heatwave witnessed in March led to a loss …

Reimagining climate-resilient food systems in a post-pandemic world
2 years, 4 months ago

Reimagining climate-resilient food systems in a post-pandemic world

Hindustan Times  

Thinking about the future of global food systems has now become more critical than ever. Climate change impacts—among them, shifts in soil quality, precipitation, pest regimes, seasonal growth patterns, along with land degradation and reduction in biodiversity—have impacted agricultural and aquatic food production systems across the world. Indeed, the causal links between climate change and food security are manifesting more …

It’s time we all come together to address the global food crisis
2 years, 5 months ago

It’s time we all come together to address the global food crisis

Al Jazeera  

Millions of lives are at stake and the world’s most vulnerable do not have the luxury of time. Even before the war, hunger and malnutrition were on the rise globally, with an unacceptable 823 million people going hungry in 2021 according to the recent edition of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report by five United …

UN: Climate shocks, war fuel multiple looming food crises
2 years, 7 months ago

UN: Climate shocks, war fuel multiple looming food crises

Associated Press  

ROME — Two U.N. food agencies issued stark warnings Monday about multiple, looming food crises on the planet, driven by climate “shocks” like drought and worsened by the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine that have sent fuel and food prices soaring. WFP Executive Director David Beasley said besides hurting “the poorest of the poor” the …

Food production to dip, hunger to rise in India due to climate change, says report
2 years, 7 months ago

Food production to dip, hunger to rise in India due to climate change, says report

The Hindu  

India’s food production could drop 16% and the number of those at risk for hunger could increase 23% by 2030 due to climate change, says a report by the International Food Policy Research Institute on climate change and food systems. These projections are part of a model that was used to evaluate the impact of climate change on aggregate food …

Food prices to remain high? How climate change, war are biting us badly
2 years, 7 months ago

Food prices to remain high? How climate change, war are biting us badly

India Today  

Food prices around the world, including in India, skyrocketed this year after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Wheat prices hit a 14-year peak in March, and maize prices reached the highest ever recorded, the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems said in a report released last week. RISK TO GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY Climate change, widespread poverty and conflicts are …

Farmers Can Play a Big Role in Addressing Climate Change. Climate-Smart Agriculture is The Only Way Forward
2 years, 8 months ago

Farmers Can Play a Big Role in Addressing Climate Change. Climate-Smart Agriculture is The Only Way Forward

News 18  

Punjab and Haryana’s farmers’ obsession with unsustainable big cereals wheat and paddy has begun to hurt, as returns diminish. According to a report tabled in parliament by the parliamentary standing committee on agriculture in August 2017, “the climate change is expected to reduce rice production by 6 to 8 per cent by 2022.” One degree Celsius rise in minimum or …

World not adapting fast enough to ‘dangerous’ climate disruption: IPCC
2 years, 9 months ago

World not adapting fast enough to ‘dangerous’ climate disruption: IPCC

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Unequivocal” human-caused global warming is already dangerously disrupting the natural world and some of its effects are irreversible, according …

Scarce food, stricken cities: IPCC sounds another climate warning
2 years, 10 months ago

Scarce food, stricken cities: IPCC sounds another climate warning

The Hindu  

The story so far: On February 27, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change issued a major report that reviewed the scientific evidence on natural, ecological, social and economic spheres, concluding that climate change has already produced irreversible losses and damage to land, coastal and marine ecosystems. This new report, which assesses the prospects for the planet if global average surface …

Latest IPCC report warns of "unavoidable" climate hazards
2 years, 10 months ago

Latest IPCC report warns of "unavoidable" climate hazards

The Hindu  

The world faces unavoidable multiple climate hazards over the next two decades with global warming of 1.5°C and even temporarily exceeding this warming level would mean additional, severe impacts, some of which will be irreversible, according to a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change that was made public on Monday. Our actions today will shape how people adapt …

Could Ethiopia’s ‘false banana’ be a wonder crop in face of the climate crisis?
2 years, 11 months ago

Could Ethiopia’s ‘false banana’ be a wonder crop in face of the climate crisis?

The Independent  

Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The climate crisis, exacerbated by the Covid pandemic, has increased food insecurity for millions of …

COP27, in Egypt, must focus on food systems
3 years, 1 month ago

COP27, in Egypt, must focus on food systems

The Hindu  

The United Nations Climate Change Conference held in Glasgow between October 31 and November 12, 2021 with a huge gathering, generating headlines, criticisms, and some commitments. The climate crisis will impact food production and livelihoods but also, as per the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report, threaten nutrition through multi-breadbasket failures. Adaptation finance The recent pledges made by the …

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