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Will the world face a major food insecurity crisis by 2050?
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Climate change increases the likelihood of extreme weather events, which may reduce the amount of food that farmers are able to produce.
Pros
Cons
Pro claim 1
Unusual rain and cyclone patterns, caused by climate change, led to a
plague of locusts
devastating crops across East Africa in 2020.
Pro claim 2
Severe droughts have become more frequent with climate change, which is harming the ability of farmers to grow their crops each year.
Con claim 1
Due to this worry, there has been increased attention to developing
strategies to prevent damage
from extreme weather events.