In The Coming Famine, Julian Cribb lays out a vivid picture of impending planetary crisis--a global food shortage that … by population and economic growth. Writing in brisk, accessible prose, Cribb explains how the food system interacts with … the environment and with armed conflict, poverty, and other societal factors. He shows how high food prices and regional …

Changes in Average Water Flows by Sub-basin, 2050 Compared to 1990; Challenges to Food Security; Figure O.2 Aggregate Percent …Map O.2 Decline in Food Security by AESZ, 2050 Compared to 2000The Role of Irrigation; Map O.3 Integrated Risk for … Introduction; References; Chapter 2 Background; Agriculture and Food Security; Boxes; Box 2.1 Documentation of Nigeria …

global climate change are through changing world food (and energy) prices, especially since all the countries under analysis … are or have become net importers of oil and petroleum products and many food commodities in recent years. The impacts of …

costs and the impacts of rising global food prices. Then catastrophic monsoon flooding in 2010 affected over 20 million … shocks. It is thus timely, if not critical, to focus on climate risks for water, agriculture, and food security in the Indus … Scenarios -- Modeling Water, Climate, Food, and the Economy -- Climate Risk Scenarios -- Adaptation Investment Scenarios …