Climate change will continue to widen gaps in food security, new study finds (Green Biz)

Green Biz published an article on the climate change landscape: With storms to the east and wildfires to the west, the climate crisis is at the forefront of public consciousness. But another threat comes with a warming climate: diminishing global crop yields. Nonresident Senior Research Fellow Ephraim Nkonya, who was not involved in the study stated, “The unequal burden poorer countries will face is no surprise. It is well known that climate change disproportionately affects poorer nations; it also disproportionately affects poorer communities within nations. Climate change, by exacerbating income and wealth inequalities, will of course widen food security disparities.” Nkonya questions whether caloric intake should be used as an indication of food security. “The current thinking is that we really need to look at a healthy diet.” However, around 60 percent of the population in sub-Saharan Africa cannot afford a healthy diet.