"Climate change poses ‘major threat’ to food security, warns UN expert", 3 Nov 2015

Climate change poses severe and distinct threats to food security, and could subject an additional 600 million people to malnutrition by 2080...Hilal Elver, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, [said] in a news release...“All these climate incidents will negatively impact on crops, livestock, fisheries, aquaculture and on people’s livelihoods,” she added, warning that responding to the food demand through large-scale production oriented agricultural models is not the right solution...“Those who have contributed the least to global warming are the ones set to suffer the most from its harmful effects,” she stressed. “Urgent action is needed to respond to the challenges posed by climate change, but mitigation and adaptation policies should respect the right to food as well as other fundamental human rights.”...Meanwhile, the Special Rapporteur highlighted her concerns surrounding the impact of climate change on the right to food in her recent report presented to the UN General Assembly’s Third Committee in October.