Thread by @JimBair62221006

Between, #Trump, #COVID19 and other disasters, it has been all to easy to miss the series of climate catastrophes that accumulated around the world in 2020.

It is a shocking list 👇 that most missed in the noise

Please keep #ClimateAction in the forefront - for food, for life

https://twitter.com/JimBair62221006/status/1347712331761897473

"One clear reason for the phenomenon's intensification is the climate crisis'

"The climate crisis is already hurting Israeli agriculture. The various climatic effects are becoming more powerful & unpredictable"

#Israel #FoodForThought #FarmingTwitter
bit.ly/3nsCKt5

Ukraine- 'lost 570,000 ha of winter crops due to prolonged droughts & unusually intense spring frosts. Further droughts during the spring & summer seasons resulted in additional losses including 200,000 ha of corn & lower crop yields across the country'
bit.ly/39lZm9O

“Climate change is really having adverse effect on agricultural production in Nigeria. The recent effect on agriculture is ... almost two months without rains in the South-west & North-central zones. This definitely affected food production”

#Nigeria
guardian.ng/features/agro-…

#SierraLeone -

'in the past 10-15 years, more frequent and prolonged dry spells have severely disrupted the farming calendar... The diverse impacts of climate change have over the years severely affected the economy of Sierra Leone'

goodmenproject.com/environment-2/…

'The climate crisis has also already led to changes for some of Japan’s most important agricultural products —first & foremost, rice...
Storms can also bring devastation to farmers, as when Typhoon Hagibis caused damage totalling ¥102 billion to crops'
bit.ly/2LFGeM8

"Climate change in recent years has made winters drier and prolonged cold temperatures throughout the spring season' in Europe, 'these changes have negatively affected agricultural production throughout Europe, including Albania'

#Europe #Albania
bit.ly/3nUVW2U

#SouthAfrica-
'After years of drought, and massive fires last year, farmers in the north-western part of the Free State saw widespread flooding in the first weeks of 2021... Some farmers have lost their houses, and much of their plantings, in the floods'

bit.ly/38X492j

#Ethiopia-
"The 3 lethal Cs -conflict, coronavirus & climate change- have pushed millions of Ethiopians in Tigray to the brink. Even before the conflict, people had lost up to half their crops due to climate-fuelled plagues of locusts"
#ClimateEmergency
bit.ly/3sKyitE

Mozambique-

'Nearly 7,000 people forced from their homes and more than 130,000 hectares of crops destroyed by torrential downpours and floods.'

“Families are in urgent need of essential supplies like food, water, blankets and shelter”

#ClimateCrisis
bit.ly/2YdzGHf

"[We have] had much less rain than in recent years" 

"According to the climate data from this region, the increase in heat waves and high temperatures is quite remarkable"

▶️Causing planting delays 'all over Brazil'

#ClimateCrisis #food
dialogochino.net/en/climate-ene…

Australia-

'Rainfall in the southeast has fallen 12% since the 1990s, while in the southwest it's declined by up to 20% since 1970'

& climate change 'already driving & extreme heat... drying out soil and making rainfall less effective'
queenslandcountrylife.com.au/story/7100124/…

UK-

'Large areas of farmland were once again left under water this week as heavy rain caused swollen rivers & watercourses to burst their banks... Longer term, winters are forecast to become warmer & up to 30% wetter as a result of climate change.'

fwi.co.uk/news/farm-poli…

Zimbabwe-

'Smallholder farmers are increasingly using a group of pesticides that are harmful to humans to adapt to climate change'

Furthermore, 'climate change increases farmers’ exposure to health risks from pesticides in many ways'

#ClimateEmergency
scidev.net/sub-saharan-af…

Columbia-

'From 2012-2015, there was almost no rain, & since 2011 there have been extreme & prolonged droughts throughout the Wayuu territory...[with] impacts on water availability & the well-being of wildlife, livestock, agriculture & the local populace'
weavenews.org/stories/2021/1…