Cyclones, droughts and floods linked to climate change have damaged harvests in Southern Africa , leading to a hunger crisis that could affect 45 million people over 35 years , according to United Nations agencies, the Food and Agriculture Organization , United Nations and the World Food Programme . “Crisis” levels of hunger already exist for 45 million people in nine countries, including Angola , Mozambique and Zimbabwe . Protect yourself and your family by learning more about Global Health Security The region is experiencing its worst droughts in the next six months . Menon , an Oxfam climate policy advisor, says that climate change has increased food insecurity in the area.
Cyclones, droughts and floods linked to climate change have damaged harvests in Southern Africa , leading to a hunger crisis that could affect 45 million people over 35 years , according to United Nations agencies, the Food and Agriculture Organization , United Nations and the World Food Programme . “Crisis” levels of hunger already exist for 45 million people in nine countries, including Angola , Mozambique and Zimbabwe . The region is experiencing its worst droughts in the next six months . Menon , an Oxfam climate policy advisor, says that climate change has increased food insecurity in the area.