The Impact of Climate Change on Food Security

The Impact of Climate Change on Food Security
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The Impact of Climate Change on Food Security
Introduction
The world's population increases drastically despite the environment's inability to sustain such a huge population. Global warming is stripping natural resources to the environment and making it challenging for developing countries to improve the livelihoods of their citizens and access adequate food. Climate changes have a huge influence on these nations because they lead to a loss in biodiversity and access to critical farming regions. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (1), the changing climate adversely affects food distribution to both local and international markets. Climate change has led to challenges in the global food chain, which has increased hunger and starvation in the developing world. The governments have then used the food chain as a weapon to get food to particular areas instead of others. Climate change, hence, continues to increase the world's poor and make the future unpredictable to the billions that fall under the category.
As a United Nations consultant, I will be examining the impact of global warming on the future of population growth and the ability of Brazil to sustain adequate food supplies. According to Mueller and Mueller (2), Brazil is a major producer of various agricultural products, including coffee, maize, rice, wheat, soybeans, and milk, among others. With the country a major producer of agricultural products, climate change has the potential to disrupt its food chain and subject the citizens to hunger and starvation. In Brazil, millions of individuals reside in urban areas, where they face serious issues accessing healthy foods. The growing population is making it challenging for the government to ensure adequate access to food for the citizens. With climate change threatening food production, attention has shifted to the government's ability to mitigate the effects of climate change (34). However, the massive corruption renders the efforts powerless. Resources meant to fight climate change are often misappropriated, hence increasing the problem further. It is crucial to determine ways of addressing the issue of climate change in Brazil to ensure that the country continues to feed its population and maintain its global food chain to the rest of the world.
Climate Change and Global Warming
It is critical to understand the meaning of "climate change" and "global warming." Often, individuals use the two terms interchangeably, not knowing that they are indeed separate terms. On the one hand, global warming refers to the rise in global average temperature (4). There has been a well-documented rise in global temperatures since the 1970s. On the other hand, climate change indicates the climate changes of different areas over time (5). The changes result from an increase in average global temperatures and changes in the water cycle. Climate change can also result from changes in sunlight and the movements of continents over some time. In other words, climate change goes beyond global warming to describe a broader range of changes that are taking place on the planet.
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