A hotter planet means a hungrier planet, climate report warns

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Nearly a third of the world's crop fields and livestock rangeland will be unsuitable for food production by the end of this century if climate-warming emissions aren't heavily curbed, a report by the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says.

Hot or humid regions, including the Sahel, Amazon basin and Southeast Asia, would suffer most.

Fish currently represent about 17% of global meat consumption and is projected to increase. But global fishery yields have declined 4.1% due to climate change between 1930 and 2010, the IPCC report said, with some areas, such as the North Sea and Iberian Coast, seeing losses as high as 35%.As food productivity shrinks, feeding the world will become more challenging.

 

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