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The expert that I interviewed is Professor Paul Ullrich. Professor Ullrich holds a Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science. He specializes in the following:

Regional and Global Climate Modeling

Extreme Weather Detection and Attribution

Atmospheric Dynamics

Numerical Methods

Static and Adaptive mesh refinement

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An image of a ruined rice field in the Philippines.

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In this documentary, I will investigate how climate change-caused typhoons affect our lives in Eastern Asia, then will focus on how this affects the food industry in the Philippines.

This documentary is directed, written, and produced by Sayana Tajima.

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Food security means that everyone, at all times, has physical, social, and financial access to enough, safe, and nourishing food that satisfies their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.

(from the UN's committee on world food security)

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Increased greenhouse gasses
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Higher air temperatures
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Higher ocean temperatures
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More evaporation of the ocean water
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More intense typhoons

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SDG #2, aims to end all kinds of hunger and malnutrition by 2030 and ensure that everyone, especially children, has access to enough food throughout the year.
Promoting sustainable agriculture entails helping small-scale farmers and ensuring that everyone has access to markets, technology, and land. International collaboration is also necessary to ensure that money is invested in technology and infrastructure to increase agricultural production.

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Droughts fuel starvation worldwide: clip 1:30-1:55

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Droughts fuel starvation worldwide: clip 1:30-1:55

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Over 800 million people are going hungry worldwide. A four-year long drought in Madagascar has driven millions of people into starvation, including large amounts of children. As the video states, "farming areas are unproductive because water sources have dried up."

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Climate change fuels drought, starvation worldwide | DW News

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The good news is we have implemented policies that are significantly bringing down the projected global average temperature change,” says the Canadian atmospheric scientist Katharine Hayhoe, a lead chapter author on several National Climate Assessments. The bad news, she says, is that we have been “systematically underestimating the rate and magnitude of extremes.” Even if temperature rise is limited to two degrees, she says, “the extremes might be what you would have projected for four to five.”

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Beyond Catastrophe: A New Climate Reality Is Coming Into View

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There’s plenty of bad news. But thanks to real progress, we’re headed toward a less apocalyptic future.

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Hotter weather will lead to faster evaporation, resulting in more droughts and water shortages—so there will be less water for irrigation just when it is needed most.

About 10 percent of the crops grown in the world’s major food production regions are irrigated with groundwater that is non-renewable. In other words, aquifers are being drained faster than they’re refilling—a problem which will only get worse as the world continues to heat up, explained Michael Puma, director of Columbia’s Center for Climate Systems Research.

This is happening in major food producing regions such as the U.S. Great Plains and California’s Central Valley, and in Pakistan, India, northeastern China, and parts of Iran and Iraq.

Climate projections show that droughts will become more common in much of the U.S., especially the southwest. In other parts of the world, drought and water shortages are expected to affect the production of rice, which is a staple food for more than half of the people on Earth. During severe drought years, rainfed rice yields have decreased 17 to 40 percent. In South and Southeast Asia, 23 million hectares of rainfed rice production areas are already subject to water scarcity, and recurring drought affects almost 80 percent of the rainfed rice growing areas of Africa.

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The world population is expected to grow to almost 10 billion by 2050. With 3.4 billion more mouths to feed, and the growing desire of the middle class for meat and dairy in developing countries, global demand for food could increase by between 59 and 98 percent. This means that agriculture around the world needs to step up production and increase yields. But scientists say that the impacts of climate change—higher temperatures, extreme weather, drought, increasing levels of carbon dioxide and sea level rise—threaten to decrease the quantity and jeopardize the quality of our food supplies.

A recent study of global vegetable and legume production concluded that if greenhouse gas emissions continue on their current trajectory, yields could fall by 35 percent by 2100 due to water scarcity and increased salinity and ozone.