‘Weak deal will add to global hunger’ warns Action Against Hunger executive

Hundreds of millions more people could go hungry around the world without an ambitious agreement to cut climate change emissions, campaigners have warned.

The impacts of rising temperatures such as drought are set to hit agricultural production and are already exacerbating conflicts, including the war in Syria, creating fragile states with a high proportion of people facing hunger and malnutrition, Action Against Hunger executive director Mike Penrose warned.

Negotiators from 195 countries are in Paris to hammer out a deal that will cut emissions to prevent temperature rises of more than 2C above pre-industrial levels, above which dangerous climate change is expected, and provide funding for poor countries to cope with global warming.