LA SALLE UNIVERSITY

JUAN CARLOS GARCIA

JULIAN MONTEALEGRE
LEIDY RIOS
NICOLAS RIVERA

FAMINE OR FEAST: CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE FUTURE OF FOOD

PRODUCTIONS
LAURA KANJI
HIPOTESIS
The author's hypothesis is that climate change will really have significant effects on
food quality and quantity, world food production, food security and trade stability in
general, but the most damaging impacts will occur in developing countries, as a result of
its economic dependence on climate sensitive products.

EVIDENCE
According to the author in food production, climate change will have 5 effects. First,
changes in temperature will affect plants and animals. Second, it will affect the water
supply. Third, it will increase the carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, which will directly
affect crop yields. Fourth, climate change leads to extreme weather, which can have
catastrophic consequences for agriculture and transportation systems. Finally, a rising
sea level can lead to flooding and reduce the availability of arable land. As a result,
according to the 2014 national climate assessment, climate change will likely have a
major impact on international markets and food prices.

In quantity, high degrees of temperature and water scarcity, added to the great
dependence of developing countries, will increase the added value of agriculture,
raising costs, and taking out developing countries who are not going to compete. to be
able to finance costs, and adapt to the scenarios foreseen by climate change, reducing
the volumes of world agriculture.

In quality, as prices increase, according to the national health institute cited by the
author, having such high costs, producing companies will start producing more food with
less nutritional value, people will start buying it due to its low costs and A tendency to
get fat in developing countries would begin.

CONCLUTION
the accelerated pace of climate change will affect the world's population and
increase food prices. The most affected countries will be the developed countries due to
the high temperature levels they present, but these developed countries have more
capacity to adapt to the climatic changes by which the economies will be able to
respond more to the difficulties of these changes. On the other hand, developing
countries, due to their great dependence on agriculture and its products, will be in
serious trouble because they do not have the necessary conditions to adapt to changes
and respond in a successful manner.

The best way to combat in a global way is to prevent the impacts of food security in a
global way.