Climate Change and Food Security: A Test of U.S. Leadership in a Fragile World
Publisher: Center for Strategic & International Studies
Author(s): Chase Sova, Kimberly Flowers, and Christian Man
Date: 2019
Topics: Climate Change, Cooperation, Humanitarian Assistance, Programming, Renewable Resources
Countries: Chad, Djibouti, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, United States
Climate change poses a considerable threat to global food security, with potentially existential economic, political, and social outcomes for humanity. As climate impacts worsen and further stress an already hungry world, the United States should claim the mantle of global leadership in responding to the impacts of climate change, double down on domestic efforts to promote climate-smart agriculture, elevate the issue of climate change and food insecurity in national security circles, and leverage the reorganization of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) to further mainstream climate resilience into U.S. global food security programs.