The perfect storm: food security and nutrition under climate change

When politicians fail to agree, very often it is the poorest who suffer most. More than 25 million additional children could go hungry through the failure of Copenhagen, says Gerald C. Nelson of the International Food Policy Research Institute. As crop yields decline, the calories available per pers...

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Main Author: Nelson, Gerald C.
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Oxford University Press 2010
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/33402
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Summary:When politicians fail to agree, very often it is the poorest who suffer most. More than 25 million additional children could go hungry through the failure of Copenhagen, says Gerald C. Nelson of the International Food Policy Research Institute. As crop yields decline, the calories available per person in sub-Saharan Africa will decline by 21%.