Climate change diet
President Obama Issues Permanent Arctic Drilling Ban Before Leaving Office. The study also confirms previous research showing that deaths due to undernutrition are most likely to occur in Southeast Asia and Africa. Climate-Smart Development: Adding Up the Benefits of Climate Action. Africa Climate Business Plan: Delivering on Climate Plan Promises. Breaking the Link Between Extreme Weather and Extreme Poverty. But climate change will lead to a less healthy diet composition in addition to making food less available overall. Drought in Eastern and Southern Africa has left more than 1 million children undernourished this year. Read More: How Climate Change Became the Central Development Issue. Food prices in those areas have skyrocketed and many farmers have struggled to produce crops. Sarah Michelle Gellar Really, Really Loves Elf on the Shelf. World Bank Group Climate Change Action Plan 2016-2020. The expected decline in availability of healthy foods ranks chief among the causes of the spike in malnutrition. These Brilliant People Really Know How to Celebrate the Holidays. Researchers found that on average the consumption of fruits and vegetables will decline 4% by 2050 due to climate change compared to a projection of consumption without global warming.
The impacts and risks posed by climate change highlight the need for action to deliver on the Paris Agreement on climate change, reached in December 2015. Cutting Short-Lived Climate Pollutants: A Win-Win for Development and Climate. That decline will hit the hardest in low and medium-income countries in the Western Pacific region as well as in high-income countries across the globe. Decarbonizing Development: 3 Steps to a Zero-Carbon Future. Statement from World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim on the Entry into Force of the Paris Climate. Turn Down the Heat: Confronting the New Climate Normal. Shock Waves: Managing the Impacts of Climate Change on Poverty. Carbon Finance for Sustainable Development: 2015 Annual Report. The effects of climate change are already visible in some of these places. On Thin Ice: How Cutting Pollution can Slow Warming and Save Lives. The NDC Platform: A Comprehensive Resource on National Climate Targets and Action. The study, published in the journal The Lancet, builds on previous research that has shown how droughts, floods and other weather events linked to climate change hurt global crop yields. Building Resilience: Integrating Climate and Disaster Risk into Development. The effects of climate change on global food supply could lead to more than 500,000 deaths by 2050.
