While national leaders met in Paris this past week to work toward collaborative solutions to climate change, author and 5 College professor Michael Klare delivered the annual Jackie Pritzen Lecture here at Hampshire College, focusing on conflict and resource depletion in the climate change era. Klare described a future in which croplands in Africa, Asia, and America turn to dustbowls, fisheries fail, and billions of people across the globe are displaced and forced to migrate in search of food and work. In light of this impending reality, and the undeniable fact that agriculture is at once the “villain and the victim” of climate change, the COP dedicated a day’s focus to farming and food security this Tuesday in Paris.
Below are some links to the latest news on food, farming and climate in the context of COP21:
The Guardian: Food at COP21: Three New Initiatives Spotlight Food Insecurity, Soils, Waste
World Food Programme Interactive Food Insecurity and Climate Change Map
Civil Eats: In Paris, the USDA Puts Food and Climate Change Center Stage
New York Times: Agriculture Department Forecasts Less Abundance in the Land of Plenty
Grist: Farmers Hold the Key to Climate Change Action in the United States
NPR: As Big Food Feels Threat of Climate Change, Companies Speak Up
