Future global wheat harvest is likely to be reduced by six
per cent per each degree Celsius of local temperature increase. Worldwide this
would correspond to 42 million tons of yield reduction, which equals a quarter of
current global wheat trade. Wheat plays an important role in feeding the world,
but climate change threatens its future harvest. Without adaptation, global
aggregate wheat production is projected to decline
The findings were by an international research consortium to
which Natural Resources Institute Finland (previously known as MTT Agrifood
Research Finland) substantially contributed. The results were published online
in the high impact journal Nature Climate Change.
The really bad news is that according to Prof. Dr. Reimund
Rötter from Natural Resources Institute Finland, “…wheat yield declines due to
climate change are likely to be larger than previously thought and should be
expected earlier, starting even with small increases in temperature"
Our children and our grandchildren are calling upon us to act right
now.
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