New platform reveals how the world's ability to produce food could change by the end of the century

The effects of climate change on agricultural productivity are far from uniform. Climate change could reduce agricultural production across large parts of southern Europe while increasing potential in some northern regions, according to the CADI platform. Named CADI (Climate-Driven Agricultural Decline Index), the platform estimates the decline in maximum agricultural production capacity caused by climate change and provides projections under different climate scenarios developed by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), assuming that no adaptation measures are introduced. While the UK is among the higher-latitude regions that could see agricultural productivity improve, Spain presents a more mixed picture. Tropical regions face the greatest lossesThe research shows that climate change is already reducing food production for hundreds of millions of people.