Climate change will cause global food crisis warns Anglia Ruskin

CONTINGENCY plans are needed to cope with worldwide food shortages caused by more extreme weather, according to a report by an Anglia Ruskin University academic.A new report by the UK-US Taskforce on Extreme Weather and Global Food System Resilience, which is supported by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, warns of an increase in extreme weather events such as severe heatwaves, droughts and floods.Extreme weather can cause 'production shocks', whereby global food production is seriously...