Climate Change Likely to Put 25 Million Children at Risk

A new report from the International Food Policy Research Institute – a Washington think tank – predicts that by 2050 global climate change will put an additional 25 million children at risk for malnutrition. The authors believe that developing countries will be hit hardest by climate change and that the problem will be most pronounced in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. This outcome could be averted, they add, with an additional annual research investment of US $ 7 billion per year, about $280 per child. Read more: Climate Change: Impact on Agriculture and Costs of Adaptation