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Higher temperatures driving 'alarming' levels of hunger – report

Global hunger index finds countries affected by drought and conflict in sub-Saharan Africa have seen biggest increases in undernourished people
       The annual report is published as a series of the committee on world food security meetings. The findings show levels of hunger are “serious” or “alarming” in 47 countries and “extremely alarming” in one: the Central African Republic. Dominic MacSorley, CEO of Concern Worldwide, co-sponsors of the report with Welthungerhilfe, said that progress towards zero hunger by 2030 is now “under threat or is being reversed”. “Approximately 45 countries are set to fail to achieve low levels of hunger by 2030,” he said.
        Extreme weather events are putting food production and security in danger and the risk is expected to increase. Food production is likely to fall due to higher temperatures, water scarcity, greater CO2 and extreme weather events. Yields of maize and wheat are already declining.
     The authors conclude that what is needed is a profound shift toward sustainability, with changes in values and behaviors and a fairer global balance of power.

Questions:
1. How many countries are set to fail to achieve low levels of hunger by 2030?
2. What exactly puts food production in jeopardy?
3. What is the solution to overcoming this crisis?

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  1. Natalia Eydelman16 октября 2019 г. в 21:55

    Hello, Kate,

    thanks for sharing the summary of the article with your peers and me. It is devoted to a very urgent problem of food production and its shortages.

    You have come up with good questions which can help to go deeper in the discussion of the topic the article is devoted to.

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  2. Natalia Eydelman16 октября 2019 г. в 22:39

    Things to remember:

    summaries are written in your own words; it is not common to quote the original article in its summary. The same goes with writing in the other genres.

    Also, a summary is usually written in a special form. I'll share it with your group later so that everybody will get this information

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