The Impact of Climate Change and Bioenergy on Nutrition

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Thompson, Brian (Editor), Cohen, Marc J. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Environment.; Climate change.; Nutrition.; Public health.; Agriculture.; Sustainable development.; Climate Change.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Sustainable Development.; Public Health.

Climate changes will affect food production in a number of ways. Crop yields, aquatic populations and forest productivity will decline, invasive insect and plant species will proliferate and desertification, soil salinization and water stress will increase. Each of these impacts will decrease food a...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Summary
• 2. Introduction
• 3.World Food Insecurity and Malnutrition: Scope, Trends, Causes and Consequences
• 4. Climate Change, Food Security and Nutrition
• 5. Nutrition and Bioenergy
• 6. Policies and Programmes for Improving Nutrition
• 7. Conclusions and Recommendations
• 8. References
• 9. Appendices.