Pacific Islands Warned of Food Shortages Due to Warming

Pacific islands to face food shortages over global warming: scientists

A UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report projected global temperature rise will peak at 1.8C above pre-industrial levels, overshooting a goal of limiting warming to 1.5C set by the Paris Agreement. Scientists told a summit of Pacific leaders in Palau that the impact of "overshooting" that target will be a $90 million loss in fishing licence fees, or 13 percent of government revenue in the region, causing an "economic crisis". Tuna will migrate e…

Pacific islands warned of food shortages due to warming

The Pacific islands will face food shortages and drinking water will be impacted by rising seas, scientists have warned, as a UN report found the world would fail to limit global warming to 1.5C.