A woman cools off in a shower at a bar as restaurants undertake measures to mitigate the heat, amid high temperatures, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, January 25, The economies of Latin America and the Caribbean are heavily dependent on farming, ranching, forestry and fishing, agricultural sectors directly linked to food security that are particularly vulnerable to droughts, floods and storms.
Scientists have cautioned that extreme weather will intensify due to climate change. As the world's second-most exposed region, after Asia, Latin America could struggle to feed itself. The report entitled "Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition ," highlighted that hunger affected 41 million people, or 6.
The study documented some recent progress; the number of hungry people across the region in was 2. But the study cautioned that the downward trend could be thwarted by climate threats. Billed as RM9. Billed as RM Extreme weather raises hunger risk in Latin America, UN says.
By Juana Casas. KEY QUOTES "Climate variability and extreme weather events are reducing agricultural productivity, disrupting food supply chains, increasing prices, impacting food environments and threatening progress in reducing hunger and malnutrition in the region," the study stated.
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