Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Climate Change 'Biggest Threat' to Food Security

Inter Press Service: When it comes to expressing the threat to food security posed by changing climate patterns and extreme weather events in Asia and the Pacific, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) does not mince its words."The greatest threat to food security is climate change," the Bank said in a 45-page report, 'Food Security and Poverty in Asia and the Pacific: Key Challenges and Policy Issues', released late last month. The report's findings ring especially true in Sri Lanka, where experts are increasingly expressing...

URL: http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/climate-change-biggest-threat-to-food-security

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