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Op-ed Vidhisha Samarasekara climate change Asia Pakistan Sub-saharan Africa Philippines COP27 IPCC Report floods droughts food crisis water security
01 February 23
Global
In 2022, the Sixth IPCC report showed clearly that climate change is causing water insecurity. The report, which comes from the United Nations, also showed how the extremes of water—floods, shortages and droughts—are linked to the natural water cycle. This, in turn, is affected by climate. In addition, water and climate influence food availability, and global food crises reflect that link. What we are seeing now, more than ever before, is failing agriculture and increasing food insecurity, culminating in heightened levels of inequality, fragility and instability. We are witnessing this cruel scenario play out in the poorest, most vulnerable communities.
Scientific American