With what it calls "high confidence," the report predicts that "Climate change will continue to shift North American agricultural and fishery suitability ranges. It also predicts production losses of fish and key crops, and with "medium confidence," lower production of livestock and aquaculture products.
Coastal and eastern parts of the U.S. will become more flood-prone, which will displace Americans and disrupt trade, while the West will suffer more wildfires, more intense droughts and scarcer water availability, the report says. That will endanger farms, especially those that rely on irrigation.
The panel called for immediate action to slow climate change, specifically through reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and conserving or restoring ecosystems, Abbott reports.
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