Asia's wheat and maize production will be severelyaffected by climate change as early as the 2020s — with potentially devastating impacts on food security, a new report warns.
Previous climate change projections have covered long periods: for example, the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change focuses on predicting changes for the period 2050–2100. The new report — 'Food Security: Near future projections of the impact of drought in Asia' — focuses on the 2020s, and highlights the areas policymakers need to address immediately.
Scientists in China have been given government funding to discuss genetically modified (GM) crops with the public following protests against the technology.
The Ministry of Agricultre made available CNY2.6 million (USD400,000) since late last year, and some communication on GM crop science has now started.
This report by the World Bank spells out what the world would be like if it warmed by 4 degrees Celsius, which is what scientists are nearly unanimously predicting by the end of the century, without serious policy changes.
Companies in Asia reveal expectations that regulations that could lead to rising costs for reporting and reducing GHG emissions will also be the main sources of climate-related business opportunities.
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