Income growth and climate change effects on global nutrition security to mid-century

Gerald Nelson, Jessica Bogard, Keith Lividini, Joanne Arsenault, Malcolm Riley, Timothy Sulser, Daniel Mason-D’Croz, Brendan Power, David Gustafson, Mario Herrero, Keith Wiebe, Karen Cooper, Roseline Remans and Mark Rosegrant
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Jessica Bogard: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Keith Lividini: International Food Policy Research Institute
Joanne Arsenault: University of California
Malcolm Riley: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Health and Biosecurity
Daniel Mason-D’Croz: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Brendan Power: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
David Gustafson: Independent Scientist
Mario Herrero: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Keith Wiebe: International Food Policy Research Institute
Karen Cooper: Nestlé Research Centre, Vers-chez-les-Blancs
Roseline Remans: Bioversity International
Mark Rosegrant: International Food Policy Research Institute
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Daniel Mason-D'Croz

Nature Sustainability, 2018, vol. 1, issue 12, 773-781

Abstract: Abstract Twenty-first-century challenges for food and nutrition security include the spread of obesity worldwide and persistent undernutrition in vulnerable populations, along with continued micronutrient deficiencies. Climate change, increasing incomes and evolving diets complicate the search for sustainable solutions. Projecting to the year 2050, we explore future macronutrient and micronutrient adequacy with combined biophysical and socioeconomic scenarios that are country-specific. In all scenarios for 2050, the average benefits of widely shared economic growth, if achieved, are much greater than the modelled negative effects of climate change. Average macronutrient availability in 2050 at the country level appears adequate in all but the poorest countries. Many regions, however, will continue to have critical micronutrient inadequacies. Climate change alters micronutrient availability in some regions more than others. These findings indicate that the greatest food security challenge in 2050 will be providing nutritious diets rather than adequate calories. Research priorities and policies should emphasize nutritional quality by increasing availability and affordability of nutrient-dense foods and improving dietary diversity.

Date: 2018
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