Climate crisis could contribute to a global food shortage by 2050, US special envoy on food security warns
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/05/climate-crisis-could-contribute-to-a-global-food-shortage-by-2050-us-special-envoy-on-food-security-warns
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WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 3y
"Could" lol... It's already impacting rice yields; probably many others.
masterofn001@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 3y
Inflation is a euphemism for corporate fuckery.
Also, cover for the already well under way destruction of food chains and supply lines.
We are already at DEFCON fucked.
silence7@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 3y
Timing is tough to have narrow certainty on
Aksamit@slrpnk.net · 13 pts · 3y
Some more worrying news: global fresh water reserves will be 40% over capacity by 2030, and 90% of global top soil and arable land is at risk of depletion by 2050.
Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 3y
2050?! Fucking liars. The 2030's is more accurate.
silence7@slrpnk.net · 0 pts · 3y
That's relatively unlikely still.
Blum0108@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
What do you mean?
theendismeh@slrpnk.net · 3 pts · 3y
mo_ztt@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
s/2050/like 2 years, maybe 5-10 at absolute most/
I mean I have no particular expertise but it definitely seems like things are accelerating
silence7@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 3y
There could be some local disaster where you are tomorrow, but it's unlikely. This is similar: it's low-probabilty in any given year
zoe@infosec.pub · 0 pts · 3y
famine is man-made.