PERSPECTIVE: Hidden Security Dangers in the American Industrial Agriculture System
The COVID-19 pandemic exposed how the American agriculture system is fragile and completely overlooked. Keep Reading
‘Natural’ Disasters Now Three Times More Likely, Warns UN Food Agency
From 2008 to 2018, natural disasters have cost the agricultural sectors of developing economies more than $108 billion in damaged crop and livestock production. Beyond the damage to countries’ economies, the consequences for food security and nutrition are profound. Keep Reading
COVID-19 Caused Food Insecurity to Soar, But Climate Change Will Be Much Worse
From wildfires in California and locust attacks in Ethiopia to job losses caused by pandemic lockdowns in Italy and Myanmar, climate change and COVID-19 disrupted food production and tipped millions more people into hunger in 2020. Keep Reading
‘Edible Forests’ Can Fight Land Clearing and World Hunger at the Same Time
Agriculture is one of the main culprits of climate change, but with global food shortages, farming is a necessary way to provide nutrition to billions of people. Keep Reading
Climate Emergency Exacerbating Risks to International Security
The climate emergency generated by global warming, is exacerbating existing risks to international peace and security, while also creating new ones. Keep Reading
Disease and Security Implications of Climate Change ‘Likely to Increase’
While there are no known direct links between climate change and COVID-19, LaBeaud said, we will likely see an increase in the spread of vector-borne diseases as climate change intensifies. Keep Reading
Study: Climate-Driven Megadrought Is Emerging in Western U.S.
With the western United States and northern Mexico suffering an ever-lengthening string of dry years starting in 2000, scientists warn that climate change may be pushing the region toward an extreme long-term drought worse than any in recorded history. Keep Reading
Global Leaders Call for Urgent Action on Climate Change as Commission Finds Adaptation Can Deliver $7.1 Trillion in Benefits
A Global Commission on Adaptation report finds that investing $1.8 trillion globally from 2020 to 2030 in five areas could yield $7.1 trillion in net benefits. Keep Reading
UN Report Documents Human Rights Abuses Fueling Venezuelan Exodus
This latest publication warns that “if the situation does not improve, the unprecedented outflow of Venezuelan migrants and refugees will continue, and the living conditions of those who remain will worsen”. Keep Reading
The Scariest Thing About Climate Change: What Happens To Our Food Supply
Global warming poses another peril harder to visualize, more insidious and, ultimately, more threatening to the stability of human societies. The impact of climate change on the ecosystems that support our ability to grow food should concern us most. Keep Reading
Protecting Biodiversity ‘as Important as Fighting Climate Change’ as 1 Million Species Face Extinction
A hard-hitting report into the impact of humans on nature shows that nearly one million species risk becoming extinct within decades, while current efforts to conserve the Earth’s resources will likely fail without radical action. Keep Reading