IT’S OFFICIAL – CLIMATE CHANGE THREATENS FOOD SUPPLY
Leaked IPCC report links climate change to global food scarcity; IPCC's forecast of lowered crop yields will ultimately affect us all
Emma Bryce, 7 November 2013 (The Guardian)
“…[T]he prospect of a food scare should be one way to get people—believers and deniers alike—to seriously evaluate the effects of climate change… [A leaked] draft report, drawn up by the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and due to be released next March…clearly outlines the threats climate change poses to the global food supply, citing a decrease of up to 2% each decade in yields of staple crops like maize, wheat, and rice…[It is a big number because of] the parallel 14% increase per decade in the demand for food that scientists are expecting…[for a worl] population that will reach 9 billion-plus by 2050…” click here for more
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