Climate Change Threats Will be Worse than COVID-19, Study Finds
Climate Change Threats Will be Worse than COVID-19, Study Finds
Climate change is currently bracing to be a far worse nightmare to humanity than COVID-19 and even malaria.
Anti-malaria groups have been warning that amid the rampaging COVID-19 pandemic, malaria still remains the world’s top killer disease.
Now, climate change is likely to spark the world’s worse humanitarian emergency.
A United Nations-backed study says climate change is making pests which ravage important agricultural crops even more destructive.
The implication of the study find is that there are heightened threats to global food security and the environment.
Climate change is making pests which ravage important agricultural crops even more destructive, heightening threats to global food security and the environment, a UN-backed study published on Wednesday has found. The scientific review looks at 15 plant pests .
Press Release – UN News Climate change is making pests which ravage important agricultural crops even more destructive, heightening threats to global food security and the environment, a UN-backed study published on Wednesday has found. The scientific review looks at 15 plant pests …
Climate change is making pests which ravage important agricultural crops even more destructive, heightening threats to global food security and the environment, a UN-backed study published on Wednesday has found.
The scientific review looks at 15 plant pests that have spread or may spread due to climate change. Risks are increasing, the authors warn, with a single, unusually warm winter capable of providing conditions suitable for insect infestations.
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Rome (FAO) – Due to the impact of climate change, plant pests that ravage economically important crops are becoming more destructive and posing an increasing threat to food security and the environment, finds a scientific review released on 2 June 2021.
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“The key findings of this review should alert all of us on how climate change may affect how infectious, distributed and severe pests can become around the world,” said the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, at the launch.
“The review clearly shows that the impact of climate change is one of the greatest challenges the plant health community is facing,” added Qu.
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