Sentences with phrase «potential food crisis»

He shared a detailed account of India's potential food crisis on our sister site, Sustainablog, and you can read the entire article here, as well.

Even as Iran's nuclear program raises the likelihood of yet another conflict in the Middle East, the bigger threat is a potential food crisis in the making, says Lester Brown, founder of the Earth Policy Institute.

Not exact matches

This session will focus on understanding potential perils — from food crises to pandemics and from climate catastrophes to human migration — that aren't top - of - mind in most boardrooms, but could enable CEOs to better navigate changing economic conditions and markets.

The good news is that the more than 5,500 leaders surveyed worldwide for this year's Global Opportunity Report sees great new market potential in addressing the risk of the global food crisis.

More companies are seeing the benefits of traceability, not only in safeguarding themselves against a potential food safety crisis but also in enhancing operational and logistical management.

The biggest threat to global stability is the potential for food crises in poor countries to cause government collapse

In particular, IIASA researchers will focus on how potential phosphorus market crises might put pressure on the global food system and create environmental ripple effects ranging from expansion of agricultural land to phosphorus price - induced changes in land management, which could exacerbate the already existing imbalance between carbon, phosphorus and nitrogen.

Without urgent action, we could face threats to water, food, biodiversity and other critical resources: these threats risk intensifying economic, ecological and social crises, creating the potential for a humanitarian emergency on a global scale.

Groundwater depletion is embedded in the international food trade, with countries exporting crops grown from overexploited aquifers and setting up potential future food crises if the aquifers run dry.

CFS has four stated goals, which promote organic agriculture by restricting traditional farming methods: «Ensuring the testing, labeling and regulation of genetically engineered (GE) foods; Preserving strict national organic food standards; Preventing potential animal and human health crises caused by food borne illness — including «mad cow» disease; Educating the public on the hazards of industrial agriculture.»

As far as I can see, one of the things that others have been trying to get at in this thread is that, owing to chronic reductions in crop yield, acute crises from droughts or flooding, and (in the case of ocean acidification) reduced productivity of ocean biomes exploited for food sources, starvation is a potential (if not yet 100 % certain) climate impact, especially in tropical / subtropical regions.