“The final report is now available for the study “Mapping Hotspots of Climate Change and Food Insecurity in the Global Tropics“. This study was coordinated by the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) to identify areas that are food insecure and vulnerable to the impacts of future climate change, across the priority regions for the CGIAR centers. The research was undertaken by a team of scientists from the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI).”
The work of the CGIAR, and its focus on breeding “climate ready” crop was recently featured in the news following the results from the CCAFS work.
The Environmental Research Web post: “New map shows areas vulnerable to climate change”points to the study that produced the climate change vulnerability map:
“A new study has matched future climate change “hotspots” with regions already suffering chronic food problems. It has identified highly vulnerable populations, chiefly in Africa and South Asia, but potentially in China and Latin America. The report warns that in fewer than 40 years, the prospect of shorter, hotter or drier growing seasons could imperil hundreds of millions of already-impoverished people….” Read the full post HERE
The Epoch Times post: “Drought: A Dangerously Understudied Disaster” tied the release of the report into the results from a U.N. Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction:
“According to the U.N., millions of lives around the world are at risk if better data on drought is not collected and more is done to mitigate the impact…. According to a study release last month by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) parts of Latin America, Africa, India, and China are most at risk…” (Full Post)
The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is a 10-year research initiative launched by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) and the Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP).
CCAFS is one of the new CGIAR Research Programs . For more information on CCAFS, and to read the report visit: http://ccafs.cgiar.org/