By 2050, climate change will cause half a million people to die from starvation

According to experts, climate change has caused many horrifying consequences, including over half a million people dying of starvation.

Experts have recently made an assessment of the relevance and impact of climate change on global food production.

Accordingly, by 2050, climate change can cause more than half a million people to die. And if greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase as currently, growth rates with available food will be cut by about half.

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Global warming is currently causing many difficulties and may lead to force majeure.

Specifically, researchers from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) said that as of 2015, about 800 million people worldwide are suffering from malnutrition, meaning they cannot respond. meet the energy demand in the minimum daily diet.

With the global population likely to increase from 7 billion to 9 billion by 2050, the production of that food will have to increase even faster than the population growth rate for all that. gender is enough to eat.

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The impact of climate change on global food production.

However, global warming is currently causing many difficulties and may lead to force majeure.

Head of research - Dr. Marco Springmann at Oxford University said: "Although only a slight decrease in food intake can lead to changes in energy and dietary components. These changes will cause a Serious results for human health ".

For example, the proportion of fruits and vegetables in the diet will decrease by about 4%, the average food availability will decrease by 3.2% per person, equivalent to 99 calories per day.

Low- and middle-income countries may be the worst affected, with nearly three-quarters of all climate-related deaths expected to occur in China and India.

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Climate change can cause significant negative impacts.

Dr. Springmann added: "Climate change can cause significant negative impacts on future mortality rates, even in the most optimistic scenarios."

Therefore, experts call on everyone to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the environment to curb global warming. Thereby preventing about 1.9 million deaths each year.

The study was published in the medical journal The Lancet.