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Climate Change and Food Security: Risks and Responses

Immediate action is needed to tackle climate change in all sectors in order to mitigate its growing impact on the food and nutrition security of the most vulnerable. This report describes the pathways by which climate change impacts food security and presents a range of short-, medium-, and long-term responses. Lastly, it aims to answer the adaption needs and demands conveyed by many countries in their Intended Nationally Determined Contributions for COP21.

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), January 2016