Kommentar af Jim Yong Kim
Hvad kan vi lære af de dyre kyllingevinger, der blev solgt ved den store (amerikanske) sportsbegivenhed Super Bowl? At klimaforandringerne rammer os alle, også i USA, og så er det endda meget mindre end i de fattige nationer – endnu.
One bit of bad news for millions of Americans during the Super Bowl was that chicken wings were suddenly more expensive. The cause, in part, was the US drought last summer.
The drought was the most widespread in more than 50 years, and it drove up the cost of chicken feed. In all, 2012 was the hottest year ever recorded in the United States.
The bad news for the 850 million undernourished people around the world is that erratic (uberegneligt) weather is affecting food production globally.
High and volatile (voldsomt svingende) food prices have become the new normal, and more and more extreme weather events are partly to blame.
Flere klimaforandringer = mindre mad
Climate trends have already affected food production around the world, driving up prices for everything from bread and tortillas to chicken wings.
Crop yields (afgrøder) are already down globally by 2 to 3 percent, and climate scientists tell us that for every 1 degree Celsius increase in average temperature around the world, crop yields will decrease by an average of 5 percent.
Looking ahead, feeding the world will get harder with each passing year. We need to produce 70 percent more food by 2050 to feed the 9 billion people who will be living on the planet by then.
Climate change is making that challenge more difficult.
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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-yong-kim/what-can-we-learn-from-ex_b_2623819.html
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Jim Yong Kim er Verdensbankens præsident.
Kilde: www.worldbank.org (oprindelig bragt i Huffington Post)
