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Climate, Agriculture and the Challenges Ahead (3:46)

Climate change will affect food production in four ways: temperature, water, extreme weather and carbon dioxide. Most of us will feel temperature first, and so will crops.
As Northern Europe has warmed, the bluetongue virus has moved north, killing many livestock.
Widespread disease could hit crops too.
Disease and heat will be even bigger problems, as climate change affects water.
A dry climate means less production and more pests.
When extreme weather brings violent downpours, soil erosion and runoff increase.
Floods, droughts and heat waves can affect crops and livestock at key moments in their development.
We are already seeing a rise in extreme weather events.
Climate change could leave us with less food, and the food we end up with could be less nutritious.