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Global impacts of heat and water stress – report
June 30 , 2024
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- Heat and water stress can lead to 6-14 per cent global food production decline by 2050.
- It correspondingly increases the number of people with severe food insecurity by up to 1.36 billion compared to 2020.
- Due to this, regions like China and ASEAN countries can become food importers from being net food exporters by 2050.
- In India, in the worst-case scenario of climate change, food production was projected to fall by 16.1 per cent in 2050 as a result of both water and heat stress.
- In China, it would fall by 22.4 per cent and in the United States by 12.6 per cent.
- In Africa, food production was projected to decline by 8.2-11.8 per cent, 14.7 per cent for Australia and 19.4 per cent for some parts of Central America.
- Globally, the number of additional people with severe food insecurity by 2050, relative to 2020, can increase between 556 million and 1.36 billion.
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