CLIMATE CHANGE TO TRIGGER HUNGER ,OVER 28 MILLION AFRICANS IN CENTRAL, SOUTHERN REGIONS TO BE AFFECTED

CLIMATE CHANGE TO TRIGGER HUNGER ,OVER 28 MILLION AFRICANS IN CENTRAL, SOUTHERN REGIONS TO BE AFFECTED

...But reducing agricultural research, innovation investment gap by $15.2 Bln annually could reverse this by achieving key ambitions of the SDGs and Climate action.


By Alfonso Kasongo

Projections from IMPACT model
Analysis using IMPACT estimates that global food production by 2050 could be 8 percentage points lower as a result of climate change, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Research Impact analysis has highlighted.

As part of this analysis, IMPACT modeling also shows that, comparing a “no further climate change” baseline with a scenario of strong emissions 
growth, about 70 million more people will be at risk of hunger globally in 2050 due to climate change.

However, more than 28 million people in East and Southern Africa will be at risk of hunger in 2050 given the same scenarios, the impact analysis further disclosed.

Making agriculture part of a 2°C climate trajectory.

And the analyis highlights " investment in agricultural research could offset many of these losses."

 IMPACT analysis for the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture In-tensification (CoSAI) found that reducing the agricultural research and innovation investment gap by $15.2 billion annually could achieve 
key ambitions of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and climate action, including accelerating the end of hunger, reining in water use and pollution, and making agriculture part of a 2°C climate trajectory, the analysis indicates.

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