If global temperatures rise by another two degrees centigrade this will see a fall in livestock production by between 7% and 10%. A report found that of 976 species, 47% of extinctions could be blamed on the effects of climate change. Experts predict that climate change could force between three and 16 million people into extreme poverty because of rising food prices and crop failures. According to a 2016 report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, climate change will cause global food prices to rise 20%. The World Bank has estimated there could be 140million climate change migrants by 2050 because of high temperatures, crop failures and flooding.

Source: Daily Mirror October 24, 2019 21:11 UTC