As IPCC report warns of climate impact on food security, researchers are looking at whether talking about food could break political deadlock on global warming. Reframing climate change as a food issue as the world’s leading scientists did this week could provide an opportunity to mobilise people, experts say. Academics and campaigners were already looking at food as a way to better connect with public on climate change when the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its finding on declining crop yields. The report warned: “All aspects of food security are potentially affected by climate change.” It said negative impacts on yields would become more likely in the 2030s. The definitive report arrives at a time when researchers are actively looking at whether talking about climate change through the prism of food would help break through US political deadlock. Food offers an immediate and personal connection, Rachel Kyte, the World Bank vice-president for climate change, said in an interview before the IPCC report’s release. To keep reading, click here. Taken from: Frame Climate Change as a Food Issue, Experts Say ; ;Related ArticlesTo Fight Climate Change, the Entire World Will Have to Eat Less MeatDot Earth Blog: U.N. Climate Report Authors Answer 11 Basic QuestionsIf This Terrifying Report Doesn’t Wake You Up to the Realities of What We’re Doing to This Planet, What Will? ;
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