Files

• Climate change and food security: risks and responses.

Date

January, 2024

Author(s)

• Vincent Gitz, Alexandre Meybeck, Leslie Lipper, Cassandra De Young and Susan Braatz of FAO
• Vincent Gitz
• Alexandre Meybeck
• Leslie Lipper
• Cassandra De Young and Susan Braatz of FAO

Abstract

End hunger, achieve food security and improve nutrition is at the heart of the sustainable development goals. At the same time, climate change is already impacting agriculture1 and food security and will make the challenge of ending hunger and malnutrition even more difficult. The effects of climate change on our ecosystems are already severe and widespread, and ensuring food security in the face of climate change is among the most daunting challenges facing humankind. While some of the problems associated with climate change are emerging gradually, action is urgently needed now in order to allow enough time to build resilience into agricultural production systems. In spite of considerable progress, almost 800 million people are chronically undernourished, 161 million under-five year old are estimated to be stunted. At the same time 500 million people are obese and 2 billion lack the essential micronutrients they need to lead healthy lives. Population and income increase as well as urbanization are driving increased and changing food and feed demand. FAO estimates that, to satisfy the growing demand driven by population growth and diet changes, food production will have to increase by at least 60 percent in the next decades.

Citation

Climate change and food security: risks and responses; 2016; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations; P110

Publisher

Food and Agriculture Organization

Rights Holder

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

URI

https://knowledgehub.pksf.org.bd/collections/QUovZWVOUzBhaFRnMkNFdWxCV05iZz09