Climate change will affect food production, but here are the things we can do to adapt

Climate change could have large impacts on food production across the world.

I explored this in my previous two articles, looking at the impact of climate change on food production so far, and what we might expect in the future.

In short, it might boost crop yields at high latitudes but negatively impact yields in the tropics and subtropics. Wheat and rice — which benefit from more carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere — could see yields increase, while maize, sorghum, and millet could see a decline with warmer temperatures. If you want to know more, you can read the previous two articles to get some grounding in the scale and distribution of climate impacts.

This article is the third and final one in this series. It examines whether the world can adapt its food systems to climate change. What are those changes, and can the negative impacts on yields be offset?

These answers are crucial to ensure that countries can further improve food security in a warmer world.