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Could reduced air pollution from climate mitigation boost crop yields and lower hunger risk?

  • March 16, 2026 at 10:00 AM
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Could reduced air pollution from climate mitigation boost crop yields and lower hunger risk?
An international research team used multiple global agroeconomic models and found that climate mitigation consistent with the 1.5 °C target could raise global hunger risk in 2050 by 17% (56 million people) compared with a baseline scenario that assumes today's climate and air pollution conditions persist. However, the concurrent reduction in ozone offsets approximately 15% (8.4 million people) of this increase, with Sub-Saharan Africa and India accounting for 56% of the offset.

Originally published at Phys.org

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