Climate crisis is affecting children’s nutrition
Wildfires, floods and other extreme weather events are no longer the only ways climate change affects children around the world. Increasingly, it also affects their diets. Droughts reduce agricultural production, floods cut off roads and disrupt supply chains, and rising prices limit families’ acces
Climate-Nutrition Nexus Analysis
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Supply Chain Impact: Floods are actively disrupting transportation networks and vital food supply chains.
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Agricultural Output: Widespread droughts are resulting in reduced agricultural production capabilities.
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Economic Accessibility: Rising food prices are curtailing the ability of families to secure adequate nutrition.
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Health Consequences: Extreme weather patterns now directly correlate with emerging crises in child diet and development.
Socio-Economic & Health Impact
Production yields are constrained by the increasing frequency of droughts.
Inflationary food pricing is reducing accessibility to essential nutritional resources.
Nutritional Risk Context
How do droughts influence nutrition? ▾
Droughts directly reduce the volume of agricultural production required for food security.
What is the primary barrier to child nutrition mentioned? ▾
The intersection of disrupted supply chains, lower production, and increased market prices.
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