Rising temperatures and extreme weather are having a huge impact on people who already live in some of the toughest places on earth.
We are all seeing more and more extreme weather events like floods and wildfires, which destroy homes
and crops. But what is less well-known is that climate change has become a big cause of rising hunger around the world.
People already struggling to get the food they need can face complete and utter devastation when hit by a drought, flood or heatwave.
In 2020, extreme climate events drove 30 million people from their homes. If global temperatures keep rising to hit the 2°C mark, an additional 189 million people could face life-threatening hunger. In a
4°C warmer world, this could rise to as many as 1.8 billion people.
The climate emergency is a humanitarian emergency. Without change, there will be food crises globally due to the warming climate and biodiversity loss. Extreme weather events will become more frequent and
growing seasons will be shorter.