- Verisk Maplecroft warns that severe weather disruptions will amplify food security risks in Asia, potentially triggering civil unrest and political instability in vulnerable countries such as India, Indonesia and the Philippines.
- The war in Iran has already disrupted fuel and fertilizer supplies, both of which are key agricultural inputs, compounding the threat to food production.
- El Niño conditions are contributing to extreme weather events such as floods and collapsing glaciers that damage crops and disrupt food supply chains across Asia.
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“Severe weather disruptions will amplify food security risks in Asia, potentially triggering civil unrest and political instability in vulnerable countries such as India, Indonesia and the Philippines, according to consultancy Verisk Maplecroft.”
“The warning comes as the war in Iran has already disrupted fuel and fertilizer supplies”