UN Report Warns Extreme Heat Threatens Global Food Systems, Urges Adaptation
United Nations agencies have issued a stark warning that extreme heat and climate change are pushing global food systems to the brink of collapse, posing a significant threat to billions. A new report emphasizes the urgent need to adapt farming and livestock practices to mitigate these impacts.
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Agriculture systems are increasingly threatened by extreme heat
A United Nations report warns of the urgent need to adapt farming and livestock practices in the face of increasingly frequent and intense episodes of extreme heat.
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Severe heatwaves in commonly hot regions could leave farmers unable to work outside, with livestock mortality rates expected to rise Extreme heat is threatening the world’s food systems, with farmers unable to work outside, livestock experiencing stress and crop yields falling, putting the livelihoods of more than a billion people in peril, the UN has warned. Experts said food supply in some areas was being “pushed to the brink” by increasingly common and severe heatwaves, on land and at sea,...
By Fiona Harvey Environment editor
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