Sentences with phrase «major food shortages»
Meanwhile, Thomas said, aid workers want to see more resources put into the Sahel region, which is on the brink of its third major food shortage in seven years.
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«A projected 5.1 million people will face serious food shortages as the conflict and risk of unexploded improvised devices prevented farmers planting for a third year in a row, causing a major food crisis,» the UN said on December 2.
Governments are dithering over whether to limit climate change to 1.5 °C or 2 °C, but it seems the stricter target would avoid food shortages and major economic losses
In Indonesia there were major delays in the planting of the rice crop, leading to concerns over food shortages.
Major crop losses have caused huge financial hits to farmers and left some 3.5 million people facing food shortages, the agency reported.
The root cause of all the major environmental issues from food shortages, loss of biodiversity to global warming is current overpopulation.
CRITICAL — serious drop in food production, serious water shortages, significant sea level rise, political unrest, major drop in world GDP, major animal extinctions and millions of human deaths.
Major vulnerabilities induced from climatic hazards include human displacement, drinking water shortages, reduced agricultural productivity and food insecurity, loss of livelihoods, health hazards, energy crises, and disasters.
In a world with limited grain stocks, a crop - shrinking heat wave in a major grain - producing region could lead to food shortages and political instability.
They are already having a very real impact on the finances of consumers in the USA and other developed countries, and in the developing world, where they manifest as food shortages, they are already a major factor contributing to social unrest and even violent revolution.
The panel was drawn together to discuss water's role the «iron triangle» of water / energy / food, especially in light of how by 2025, there will be major fresh water shortages across the world, and yet we are completely unprepared for it.