Experts Urge Framing Of Climate Change As Food Security, Health Issue

News outlets continue to examine a new report from the U.N.-backed Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

The Guardian: Frame climate change as a food issue, experts say
“Reframing climate change as a food issue as the world’s leading scientists did this week could provide an opportunity to mobilize people, experts say. Academics and campaigners were already looking at food as a way to better connect with public on climate change when the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its finding on declining crop yields…” (Goldenberg, 4/1).

Roll Call: Scientists Warn Severe Weather Risks, Health Impacts of Global Warming Are Imminent
“A United Nations report this week warned that a warming planet will exacerbate existing health problems in the coming decades — and U.S. scientists will caution later this month that those and other public health concerns are imminent…” (Gardner, 4/1).

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