1. Climate Change and Food
Security
Dr. Abid Qaiyum Suleri
suleri@sdpi.org
http://www.sdpi.org

2. IPCC report acknowledged
that
– "there are considerable
evidences to suggest
that human activities
are responsible for
climate change.
• socio-economic issues
should also be given
due consideration

3. 6F Crisis Facing Pakistan
Fiscal, Fuel, Food, Functional Democracy, Frontiers

4. AVAILABILITY
FOOD
SECURITY
ACCESS
ABSORPTION

5. Climate Change-Food Security
Linkages
-
Rise in temperature
Changed rainfall patterns
Seasonal extremes and variations
Glacial melting
Floods
Sea Water Intrusion
Food Security-Climate Change
Linkages
-
Energy exhaustive food production
Increased input for high responsive varieties
Non sustainable extraction of ground water
Increased financial resources

6. AVAILABILITY
FOOD
SECURITY
ACCESS
ABSORPTION

11. District Accessibility Map
Updated as of 1600 WEDNESDAY 14H April 2010

13. How to mitigate the effects of
climate change on food
security?
Right Set of Policies and Practices
Investing in people to reduce
vulnerabilities and create resilience

14. Priority setting
Individual Security?
National Security?
Regional Security?
Global Security
Their interconnectedness makes it difficult to address national
security if security at one of the other levels has been
compromised.

15. Change in paradigm
CC issues are a security threat rather than merely an
environmental concern
Climate Change can be competed through reducing the
vulnerabilities of people.
It would not only improve state but regional security
too.

16. may turn the pain of hunger in
countries like Pakistan into
opportunity for
social transformation,
better awareness about their
rights,
women empowerment,
girls’ education,
adult education,
and exposure to a secular face of
world.