New assessment reveals major climate risks to global food trade; calls for urgent multilateral action
A ground-breaking report from Stockholm Environment Institute reveals in detail the climate risks to global trade in major agricultural commodities – and concludes that they constitute a serious global challenge. Leaders at the UN Food Systems Summit and upcoming climate change negotiations (COP26) must acknowledge the important links between climate change, food security, and trade, and take action to build systemic resilience to climate impacts through multilateral cooperation.Agriculture is one of the most exposed sectors to climate change. The report Climate change, trade and global