A Hungry Future Ahead

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.