Climate change will Worsen Hunger, study says.

• Author: Block, Ben
• Position: EYE ON EARTH

Climate change is expected to lower grain yields and raise crop prices across the developing world, leading to a 20-percent rise in child malnutrition, according to a September study from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). The study was the first to combine climate and agricultural models to measure the effects of climate change on the global food supply.

Higher temperatures are expected to reduce some crop yields, allow damaging weeds and insects to spread, and shift precipitation...