Heat and agriculture

This study investigates ecosystem impacts of marine heatwaves (MHWs) in the Western Mediterranean Sea using a spatially explicit Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) food web modelling framework.

This report explores the impact of extreme heat on agricultural producers and on crops, livestock, fisheries and aquaculture, and forests worldwide.

This report argues for a strategic expansion of Anticipatory Action (AA) to more systematically include the agricultural components, to place it at the intersection of humanitarian response and long-term climate adaptation.

Extreme heat damages crops and increases the number of strongly undernourished households in terms of calories, iron, and other nutrients. While some households cope by buying food grown elsewhere, the poorest remain highly vulnerable.

In the absence of adequate mitigation, focusing on adaptation is now more urgent than ever for Bangladesh. As the country now faces some of the worst impacts of climate change, adaptation should be a central theme in its development agenda.

A new study warns of a dramatic rise in heatwave exposure across Central Asia's croplands by the end of the 21st century, viewing the combined effects of climate change and shifting patterns of land use as dominant drivers.

For women farmers in rural India, the effects of climate change are compounded by limited access to finance, smaller plots and fewer land rights. Parametric insurance products can offer better protection.

More than half of global cropland areas could see a decline in the number of suitable crops under a warming scenario of 2C, new research finds.