Climate Changed
Climate Change Could Lead to Food Shortages, UN Report Says
- Crop yields already dropping in some areas, UN report warns
- Land-use study pinpoints greenhouse gas from many sources
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Climate change is putting the world’s food supply at risk.
With more extreme weather, stable food production will increasingly be imperiled, threatening the poorest populations first, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said in a report Thursday. In addition, the push to use more land to produce crops and lumber is eliminating natural wetlands and reducing forests that capture greenhouse gases, the authors wrote.