Australian Broadcasting Corporation: One of Australia's leading experts on climate change says Pacific nations are facing serious challenges when it comes to food security. Mark Howden, from Australia's national science agency the CSIRO, says climate change, rising sea levels and the cost of shipping food to outer islands, are all factors to be considered over the next few decades. Dr Howden is leading the food security chapter of a forthcoming United Nations report on climate change. He says population growth in the Pacific...
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