Breaking News: 500,000 people will die due to under-nutrition, a result of world's changing clim

Earth’s changing climate is expected to have many repercussions that are sure to alter our way of life. Now, a new study concludes that, in 2050, half a million people will die as a result of under-nutrition — a result of climate change.

The study, published in The Lancet on Wednesday, concluded that reduced fruit and vegetable consumption could result in under-nutrition across the planet.

The issue isn’t the availability of food — which many studies have examined already, warning of dire consequences. Instead, this study focused on the health effects of reduced food nutrition as a result of a decline in food availability.

Unless action is taken to reduce global CO2 emissions, the change in climate around the globe could cut food availability by about one-third by 2050. This would result in an average 3.2 per cent reduction in food availability per person, which would translate to about 99 kilocalories a day.

When it comes to fruit and vegetable intake, they estimate that it would be a four per cent reduction (almost 15 grams) a day. For red meat it would be a reduction in consumption of 0.7 per cent (0.5 grams) a day.

The top 10 countries the researchers found most likely to feel the impacts are:

1. China

2. Vietnam

3. Greece

4. Republic of Korea

5. Madagascar

6. India

7. Italy

8. Romania

9. Albania

10. Myanmar

Canada doesn’t escape the repercussions: It ranked 63 on the list of 155 countries.

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