Achieving food security in the face of climate change

This Poverty Reduction, Equity and Growth Network (PEGNet) Policy Brief, published in November 2015 by the Kiel Institute for World Economy, Germany, argues for a particular focus on agricultural production and food security in the current COP21 to help the largest possible number of people satisfy the most basic need of being well nourished. 

Climate change will lead to falling yields in already food insecure Sub-Saharan African and South Asian countries. Small scale farmers in these regions will have to respond to these changes by adapting their modes of production. The international community should assist the farmers e.g. through the newly established Green Climate Fund. The COP21 in Paris provides an opportunity to place food security on the international agenda.