Food security

Question 1

Climate risks on food security

Answer 1

World bank states 702 million people live in extreme poverty. Climate-related disasters have potential to destroy crops such as floods/droughts. Also long term climate risks such as sea level rise affecting coastal areas or accelerated glacial melt will affect the quantity if water available

Question 2

Food availability

Answer 2

Changes in climatic conditions have already affected the production of some staple crops and future climate change with exacerbate this. Higher temps will have an impact on yields and changes in rainfall will affect crops

Question 3

Food access

Answer 3

Climate change could increase prices of major crops in regions. For most vulnerable, lower argi output means lower incomes

Question 4

Food utilization

Answer 4

Climate related risks affect calorie intake, where chronic food insecurity is a big prob changing climatic conditions create cycles of disease/hunger

Question 5

Food stability

Answer 5

More intense weather events can upset the stability of individuals/governments