“More complicated than rocket science”: global warming and famine
Posted by Charles II on October 3, 2009
Stephen Leahy, IPS (via t/o):
Rocketing food prices and hundreds of millions more starving people will be part of humanity’s grim future without concerted action on climate change and new investments in agriculture, experts reported this week.
The current devastating drought in East Africa, where millions of people are on the brink of starvation, is a window on our future, suggests a new study looking at the impacts of climate change.
“Twenty-five million more children will be malnourished in 2050 due to effects of climate change,” such as decreased crop yields, crop failures and higher food prices, concluded the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) study.
We need to develop means to desalinate water in non-destructive, energy efficient ways. Fast.
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