Climate Change--Shifts in Tropical Winds will create Food Insecurity for Billions around the world

 A new report out highlights how climate change will affect trade winds and reduce rainfall for large parts of the world and bring food insecurity.

Zonally contrasting shifts of the tropical rain belt in response to climate change

Future changes in the position of the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ; a narrow band of heavy precipitation in the tropics) with climate change could affect the livelihood and food security of billions of people.

Climate Change Threatens World Food Supplies

The United Nations came out with a report today saying that climate change is threatening food supplies and advocates we should pursue a plant based diet.

World food security increasingly at risk due to 'unprecedented' climate change impact, new UN report warns

More than 500 million people today live in areas affected by erosion linked to climate change, the UN warned on Thursday, before urging all countries to commit to sustainable land use to help limit greenhouse gas emissions before it is too late.

UNDP Chad/Jean Damascene Hakuzim. Desertification threatens the village of Tantaverom. Mbo Malloumu has taken the initiative to plant acacia seedlings to rehabilitate the land. In the past 50 years, Lake Chad basin shrank from 25,000 square kilometers to 2,000square kilometers.