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