Thread by @JimBair62221006

The list of truly fundamental needs for human life is a short one.

Food is on that list.

▶️This is how climate change impacted crops in 2019◀️

This is terrifying.

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*North America*

#UnitedStates:
The midwest was plagued with heavy rain, leading to flooding & causing major challenges with corn, soybeans & other crops nyti.ms/2swW95K

This was widely documented by farmers themselves: #noplant19

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This caused investors to revisit their investments: bit.ly/2te9XSM

Impacts spanned the Midwest and beyond, including Wisconsin bit.ly/2rLv2nm, Indiana bit.ly/30cfPIk, ...

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..Kansas bit.ly/35cnQOu, Minnesota, Nebraska bit.ly/2SG47UQ & Iowa cnb.cx/32LE4gy

Flooding was followed by a heatwave in Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Iowa & Illinois cnb.cx/2MFQPEf

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The impacts of extreme heat have seen reduced dairy production: bit.ly/2tcET62

In addition, California saw “sunburned apples & frozen greens”: bit.ly/32H0krW

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In New York – apple farmers are ‘fighting for their lives’ cnb.cx/2qNRBXy

And Arizona has seen dwindling water supplies threatening farms on.natgeo.com/374oJeo

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#Canada saw at least 12 counties in Manitoba declared a “state of agricultural emergency” bit.ly/2u6XDnV

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As well as other agricutultural emergencies and crop losses in Alberta & Saskatchewan due to extreme weather bit.ly/39qPbQm , bit.ly/2K45klz

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In BC, shrinking snow packs impacted farms in Delta: bit.ly/309Z1kZ
And Extreme weather has already hurt crops in the Niagara region, Ontario: bit.ly/2tctHq3

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#Mexico
Has experienced drought impacting maize crops: bit.ly/2ZzJ7Re

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#Guatemala, #Honduras, #ElSalvador & #Nicaragua experienced drought leading to crop failures including staples like corn & bean that is in turn driving migration bit.ly/2QaIY3K , bit.ly/37lFfWx , bit.ly/2QCaTs2

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*Asia*

Southeast Asia including #Thailand, #Laos, #Vietnam and #Cambodia has seen drought taking the Mekong River to its lowest levels in > 100 years, threatening food supply on.natgeo.com/2QcZkJ8

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In #Pakistan, a variety of crops impacted: staples like rice, tomato & onion bit.ly/355IIXH, wheat, maize & fruits bit.ly/2QvyhHW

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In #India, climate change has been described by leaders as the biggest challenge for farmers “Extremes of weather have pushed farmers into a crisis.” bit.ly/2tia93i due to its wide ranging impacts

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These include impacts on tea in southern India bit.ly/2u5lCUs, Onions on.ft.com/2QvRDfX, Rice bit.ly/2SFSOw6 and Grapes bit.ly/39pBIZ3

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There are worrying signs that the monsoon, critical for agriculture, is being disrupted: bit.ly/2MJCTsJ, bit.ly/2SDWBK9, as is the breadbasket of India, the Punjab bit.ly/2rCs1FE

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Heat and water stress are impacting livestock bit.ly/2wyoV4w and farmers bit.ly/2F8QA0d
And as elsewhere, drought & desertification is driving migration bit.ly/37rft3n

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*Europe*

The #UK has seen cauliflowers, sprouts & cabbage threatened, bit.ly/36b6lQ9 and 1000s of chickens killed in a heatwave: bit.ly/2MErXwj

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In #Germany, droughts have contributed to crop failures crop failures bit.ly/2spivGB, bit.ly/37o8wQC, bit.ly/2ZDOqiy

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#Italy and #France saw damage to grape crops: cbsn.ws/2SDVBWv , bit.ly/37llzlz
And #Italy, #Greece and #Spain saw olive production shortages bit.ly/2QsMLYY

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Spain is also battling soil loss and desertification bit.ly/2ON0HgN

And in Greece - bit.ly/2Q7VsZM - extreme weather has brought $1.1 billion in compensated crop damages since 2011.

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*Africa*

Southern Africa has seen massive crop disruptions, putting tens of millions at risk – a grave injustice because Africa has been an extremely minor contributor to climate change:

https://twitter.com/JimBair62221006/status/1207041224139407360

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This includes impacts in the Central African Republic bit.ly/359ywgT, #Kenya bit.ly/2SFTAcu
#Congo, #Malawi, #Mozambique, #Tanzania, #Zambia, #Zimbabwe &others bit.ly/2CK7HnC, bit.ly/2CDZxxe

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In #Nigeria, climate change is a threat multiplier, shrinking arable land and pushing herders & farmers towards conflict: bit.ly/2QbabD7

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Climate Change has also impacted date crops in North Africa (#Tunisia): bit.ly/2Q9OjIf

And #SouthAfrica (the Country) - bit.ly/37f3SnU.
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In #Australia,

Farm profits have been cut by 22% over 20 years: bit.ly/2QxeLKZ; with impacts across a variety of subsectors bit.ly/359hQ9i

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Recent fires & extreme heat have caused catastrophic impacts including infertile livestock, feed running low bit.ly/2SPzZqr dailym.ai/2MImMf4, burnt vineyards, killed livestock & destroyed equipment bit.ly/356C2sp

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*South America*

Goat breeders in #Argentina are being forced to take their herds higher up the mountains every year in order to graze bit.ly/2splezP

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#Chile has been plagued by a ‘megadrought’ bit.ly/36cgxrF wiping out beehives as bees are left without flowers: bit.ly/2F5AxQT

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These are bees that pollinate many of Chile’s principal export crops, including avocados, blueberries, raspberries, apples, cherries, and almonds: reut.rs/358VcxX.

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The drought has also killed 1,000s of farm animals bit.ly/2MGWFVP and impacted 37,000 farmers bit.ly/2MCix4H

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We have been given many warnings - #ClimateChange is having dramatic impacts on food production, NOW.

It is time we all pay attention.

We need to eat, so we need #ClimateAction -

For our health, for our food security, for our survival!

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