Internal Displacement Due to Disasters in Latin America and the Caribbean

Zúñiga, Roberto Ariel Abeldaño; Garrido, Javiera Fanta

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-37425-9_21

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“…In 2019, cyclones Idai and Kenneth displaced millions of people across Mozambique, Malawi, and Zimbabwe and destroyed thousands of hectares of crops, seed stock, fisheries, and infrastructure, severely impacting access to food [ 54 ]. Tropical storms, hurricanes, and typhoons also seriously affect Latin America and the Caribbean [ 56 ]. Since 2012, the region has been affected more frequently by droughts and cyclones, causing more than 60 million more people to be food insecure in 2020 than in 2019 [ 54 ].…”

Section: Climate Change Interactions With the Agro-ecosystem And Effe...mentioning

confidence: 99%

Interlinkages between Climate Change and Food Systems: The Impact on Child Malnutrition—Narrative Review

et al. 2023

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The pandemics of obesity, undernutrition, and climate change represent severe threats to child health. They co-occur; interact with each other to produce sequelae at biological, psychological, or social levels; and share common underlying drivers. In this paper, we review the key issues concerning child diet and nutritional status, focusing on the interactions with climate and food systems. Inadequate infant and young child feeding practices, food insecurity, poverty, and limited access to health services are the leading causes of malnutrition across generations. Food system industrialization and globalization lead to a double burden of malnutrition, whereby undernutrition (i.e., stunting, wasting, and deficiencies in micronutrients) coexists with overweight and obesity, as well as to harmful effects on climate. Climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic are worsening child malnutrition, impacting the main underlying causes (i.e., household food security, dietary diversity, nutrient quality, and access to maternal and child health), as well as the social, economic, and political factors determining food security and nutrition (livelihoods, income, infrastructure resources, and political context). Existing interventions have the potential to be further scaled-up to concurrently address undernutrition, overnutrition, and climate change by cross-cutting education, agriculture, food systems, and social safety nets. Several stakeholders must work co-operatively to improve global sustainable nutrition.

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Section: Climate Change Interactions With the Agro-ecosystem And Effe...mentioning

confidence: 99%