Climate Change, Food Security, and Population Health in the Anthropocene

Colin Butler; Rosemary Anne McFarlane

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.09745-1

Climate Change, Food Security, and Population Health in the Anthropocene

Colin Butler, Rosemary Anne McFarlane

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The Anthropocene is commonly seen as a period of great potential to further improve human health and other aspects of human well-being, including food security, reflected, for example, by the Sustainable Development Goals. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is similarly generally optimistic, including with regard to its global food security outlook, apart from far in the future if global temperatures reach 5Â°C above preindustrial levels. Similarly, the Food and Agricultural Organization has reported falling hunger despite rising global food prices. We challenge this optimism, analyzing datasets and the wider literature. We may be flying blind toward a mountain.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of the Anthropocene
Editors	D A DellaSala
Place of Publication	Netherlands
Publisher	Elsevier
Pages	453-459
Volume	2
Edition	1st
ISBN (Print)	9780128096659
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-409548-9.09745-1
Publication status	Published - 2018

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