Sentences with phrase «food demand posing»

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In fact, war in the Congo has directly resulted in crisis level food insecurity (= increased demand for meat from killing forest animals including bonobos), countless numbers of displaced people who pose added burdens on demand for food, rife levels of corruption and mismanagement, immeasurable but vast numbers of weapons and munitions distributed across the country, large - scale break down of traditional taboos that may have locally protected some populations of bonobos, and much, much more.

Global temperature increases of ~ 4 °C or more above late - 20th century levels, combined with increasing food demand, would pose large risks to food security globally and regionally (high confidence).

A new projection by the University of Minnesota and the University of California Santa Barbara shows global food demand could rise by 100 - 110 percent between 2005 and 2050, which would pose a grave threat to remaining tropical rainforests and would lead to again further increasing greenhouse gas emissions.

Since then, life cycle assessments (LCAs) have shown that corn ethanol has a modest effect, if any, on reducing CO2 emissions and may actually increase them, while posing a threat to natural habitats and food supplies, as food stocks are turned to fuel and marginal lands are put under the plough to keep up with demand.

A new projection by the University of Minnesota and the University of California Santa Barbara shows global food demand could rise by 100 - 110 percent between 2005 and 2050, which would pose a grave threat to remaining tropical rainforests and would... Continue reading →

And again, the higher the thermometer climbs, the greater the possible disparities in the adaptive capacity of regions: ``... local warming of about 4 [degrees Celsius] and higher above pre-industrial levels is projected to result in differences between crop production and its population - driven demand becoming increasingly large in many regions (high confidence), thus posing very significant risks and challenges to food security.

«Global temperature increases of 7.2 degrees Fahrenheit or more above late - 20th century levels, combined with increasing food demand, would pose large risks to food security globally and regionally,» the report said.

A utility in California is investigating how energy storage technology for keeping food and other goods refrigerated could help counter the challenge posed by the famous «duck curve» of PV energy supply and demand.

Underlying the price jump is a tight balance between supply and demand, and it has come to a head at a time when people are becoming more aware of the challenges that climate change will pose to food production.