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Alain-Richard Donwahi, the president of the 2022 UN COP15 conference on desertification and a former defense minister of Ivory Coast, warns that the planet could experience a major disruption in food supply well before temperatures rise by 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels 🍴 This disruption is a result of climate change effects, coupled with inadequate farming practices and water scarcity, which collectively threaten global agriculture. Donwahi emphasizes that climate change is advancing more rapidly than predicted, causing negative impacts like heatwaves, flooding, and droughts, which jeopardize food security. He underscores the significance of soil degradation, noting that when soil quality declines, yields are affected. To address these challenges, Donwahi calls for private sector investment in agriculture, highlighting potential returns from improving yields and implementing practices like agroforestry. Currently, only a small portion (4.3%) of climate finance supports agriculture and food, despite these sectors contributing significantly to global greenhouse gas emissions. Crop damage caused by recent extreme weather events underscores the urgency of addressing food security in the face of climate change. Donwahi stresses that desertification has wide-ranging consequences, from biodiversity loss to food security, and calls for a collective effort to combat these challenges, emphasizing that the impacts of climate change on food security affect all nations. 🔗 Link in bio . A customer walks past empty shelves at a Sainsbury supermarket in east London on Feb. 24, 2023, as some UK supermarkets introduced limits on fruit and vegetable purchases due to sourcing challenges blamed on weather conditions in southern Europe and north Africa. 📸 DANIEL LEAL / AFP via Getty Images . #ecowatchers #climatenews #climatechange #globalwarming #foodsecurity #foodshortages #desertification #greenhousegasses