Kristie Ebi: How climate change could make our food less nutritious
كريستي إبي: كيفية تقليل التغيّر المناخي من القيمة الغذائية لطعامنا
At the Center for Health and the Global Environment, Kristie Ebi studies and develops interventions to help at-risk populations deal with climate change. Full bio
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and philosopher, said,
يوغي بيرا:
we might not get there."
is giving us greater insights,
تصورًا أدق
might look like in a changing climate
في ظل مناخ متغير
المتعلقة بذلك؛
from burning of fossil fuels
الناجمة عن حرق الوقود الأحفوري
quality of our food.
for us to think about
what we need every day
that are culturally important.
for our cultures.
the start of the Industrial Revolution,
منذ بدأت الثورة الصناعية،
280 parts per million to over 410 today,
ليصل إلى ما يزيد على 410 في يومنا الحاضر،
comes from this carbon dioxide.
من ثاني أكسيد الكربون،
into the carbon itself,
غذاءٌ للنبات.
of rising carbon dioxide concentrations,
مستوى تركيزات ثاني أكسيد الكربون،
في جميع أنحاء العالم؛
get enough to eat every day.
للناس يوميًا،
don't get enough to eat every day.
لا يصلهم الكمّ الكافي من الغذاء يوميًا.
about how higher CO2
طريقة إسهام ارتفاع ثاني أكسيد الكربون
our food security problem.
in agricultural productivity
في الإنتاجية الزراعية
who will be alive in 2050
الذين سيكونون على قيد الحياة في عام 2050
Development Goals,
الأمن الغذائي
that we need for everyone.
إلى الأطعمة التي يحتاجونها،
is affecting agricultural productivity.
على الإنتاجية الزراعية،
about one degree centigrade
and precipitation patterns,
ونظم المطر
for the agricultural productivity
in temperature and precipitation,
في الحرارة والأمطار،
floods and droughts
والفيضانات ونوبات الجفاف
higher carbon dioxide,
في تلك النباتات
sugars and starches,
والنشويات
of protein and critical nutrients.
والعناصر الغذائية المهمة،
think about food security going forward.
لطريقة تفكيرنا في تحسين أمننا الغذائي.
in the table talks on climate change,
حول التغير المناخي
a five-sevenths optimist:
five days of the week,
for the other two days.
by higher CO2 concentrations.
بتركيزات ثاني أكسيد الكربون العالية،
you can develop iron deficiency anemia.
قد تصاب بأنيميا نقص الحديد،
shortness of breath
consequences as well.
problem around the world.
who are zinc deficient.
for maternal and child health.
لصحة الأم والطفل،
for a whole range of reasons.
لعدة أسباب؛
activities in our bodies.
في أجسامنا،
higher carbon in a plant,
of their forage is declining.
every consumer of plants.
على كل مستهلكٍ للنبات،
our pet cats and dogs.
من القطط والكلاب،
of most of the pet and dog food,
of grain in those foods.
كمٌّ كبيرٌ من الحبوب،
studies in laboratories.
on wheat and on rice --
في المقام الأول..
is blown over some of the plots.
في بعض القطع،
under today's conditions
في ظل الظروف الحالية
later in the century.
في نهايات القرن الحالي.
that have done this.
التي قامت بذلك،
in China and in Japan
that you would expect
later in the century.
في أواخر القرن.
zinc about five percent.
والزنك بحوالي 5%،
about the poor in every country
في جميع الدول
who are on the edge
بمختلف أنواعها.
for the B vitamins.
vitamin B1 and vitamin B2,
is about a 13 percent decline.
وفيتامين ب5 حوالي 13%،
the various experiments that were done.
الدراسات الأخرى،
of having babies with birth defects.
أطفالٍ بتشوهات خلقية،
potential consequences for our health
ثاني أكسيد الكربون.
by Chris Weyant and his colleagues,
from higher CO2 to lower iron and zinc --
ثاني أكسيد الكربون لانخفاض الحديد والزنك،
diarrheal disease, pneumonia,
والالتهاب الرئوي
the consequences could be in 2050.
في عام 2050
such as the United States
كالولايات المتحدة
125 million people could be affected.
the most effective interventions,
مما بوسعنا القيام بها
reducing our greenhouse gases:
التقليل من الغازات الدفيئة؛
down by mid-century
بحلول منتصف القرن
about these consequences
itself into account.
the carbon dioxide component.
ثاني أكسيد الكربون فحسب،
than what I've told you.
مما أخبرتكم به.
the food you're going to have for lunch,
وما ستتناولونه على الغداء
your grandparents ate
current food insecurity
كم أن الأمن الغذائي اليوم
on that, either.
to be known in this area,
solutions could be.
what those solutions are,
We've got biofortification.
very helpful to know
our future health
and the health of our grandchildren.
all of these issues out.
or business group
so that we do know where we're going.
حتى نعلم وجهتنا.
have access to a complete diet,
إلى نظام غذائي متكامل،
of the world but everywhere in the world.
بل في كل ربوع الأرض.
to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions
الدفيئة بصورة فردية وجماعية
that will come later in the century.
الذي سنواجهه في أواخر القرن.
education is expensive, try ignorance.
"إن كنت تظن التعليم مكلفًا فجرب الجهل."
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Kristie Ebi - Public health researcherAt the Center for Health and the Global Environment, Kristie Ebi studies and develops interventions to help at-risk populations deal with climate change.
Why you should listen
Kristie Ebi has been conducting research and developing practice on the health risks of climate variability and change for more than 20 years, understanding sources of vulnerability, estimating current and future health risks of climate change, and designing adaptation policies for countries in Central America, Europe, Africa, Asia and the Pacific.
Ebi is the author of multiple national and international climate change assessments, including the IPCC Special Report on Global Warming of 1.5C. She co-chairs the International Committee On New Integrated Climate change assessment Scenarios (ICONICS).
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