00:00 Food shortages could cause riots in the next 50 years.
00:07 Disruptions to food supplies caused by climate change could cause unrest in the UK in the coming decades.
00:16 British researchers from the University of Cambridge
00:24 The University of York and other institutes have come to such an input, the newspaper informs.
00:30 Rue with reference to the scientific journal Sustainability.
00:36 Thus, the shortage of food products, such as wheat, bread, pasta and cereals, may cause social unrest in the next 50 years.
00:49 Food shortages may occur due to extreme weather events caused by global warming.
00:57 The majority, 80%, of the scientists who participated in the survey believe that in the next 10 years the likely cause of public unrest due to food shortages will be logistical problems.
01:12 However, even after half a century, the main cause of unrest may be crop failure caused by floods, snowfalls, droughts and other weather disasters.
01:24 Climate change is already affecting global food production.
01:32 For example, in 2007, global grain production decreased by 8% due to floods and heat waves in Australia, India and the United States.
01:44 Experts suggest solving the problem of social unrest caused by food shortages in two ways.
01:54 Fighting food poverty by helping people buy the products they need and developing sustainable agriculture, reducing its impact on the soil and restoring degraded soils.
02:06 Earlier, the youth of Siberia reported that by 2100, the extinction of flora and fauna will accelerate by 184%.
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