climate change and food security 2013

Climate Change and Food Security

Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri

suleri@sdpi.org

http://www.sdpi.org

IPCC report acknowledged

that – "there are considerable

evidences to suggest that human activities are responsible for climate change.

• socio-economic issues should also be given due consideration

6F Crisis Facing Pakistan

Fiscal, Fuel, Food, Functional Democracy, Frontiers

FOOD

SECURITY

AVAILABILITY

ACCESSABSORPTION

Climate Change-Food Security Linkages

- Rise in temperature- Changed rainfall patterns- Seasonal extremes and variations- Glacial melting- Floods- Sea Water Intrusion

Food Security-Climate Change Linkages

- Energy exhaustive food production- Increased input for high responsive varieties- Non sustainable extraction of ground water- Increased financial resources

FOOD

SECURITY

AVAILABILITY

ACCESSABSORPTION

Updated as of 1600 WEDNESDAY 14H April 2010

District Accessibility Map

How to mitigate the effects of climate change on food

security?

Right Set of Policies and Practices

Investing in people to reduce vulnerabilities and create resilience

Priority setting

Individual Security?

National Security?

Regional Security?

Global Security

Their interconnectedness makes it difficult to address national security if security at one of the other levels has been compromised.

It would not only improve state but regional security too.

Change in paradigm

CC issues are a security threat rather than merely an environmental concern

Climate Change can be competed through reducing the vulnerabilities of people.

may turn the pain of hunger in countries like Pakistan into opportunity for

social transformation, better awareness about their rights, women empowerment, girls’ education, adult education, and exposure to a secular face of world.