Climate change will significantly impact global food production. By 2050, food production will need to increase by 70% to feed a projected world population of 9.1 billion. Different regions will experience varying effects. Food production may decline in some areas due to increases in drought, flooding, or heat waves making growing conditions more difficult. Other areas may see initial increases in crop yields followed by later declines as climate change progresses. Solutions will require technological advances to develop more resilient crops and farming techniques that can better adapt to a changing climate.

1. IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE
ON FOOD PRODUCTION
Sustainable Biomes – Topic 1

2. STARTER
Complete all tasks in attached worksheet.
Task 1:
1. Define climate
2. Define climate change
3. Create a mind map of impacts of climate change.
◻You have 7 minutes to complete these questions!
7 minutes

3. Climate Change and Food Production in Biomes
Learning Goals
◻ To understand what climate change is
◻ To understand what the impact of climate change will be on
food production
Success Criteria
1. I can describe climate change and how it is caused.
2. I can discuss examples of the impacts of climate change on
the ability of biomes to produce food.

4. Climate Change
Task 2: Watch the Climate Change Video here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ifrHogDujXw and fill in the
answers to questions in the worksheet
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5. Population Projections and Food Needs
Task 3: Copy the following into your worksheets under
the heading “World Population Projections and
Impact on Food Needs”
The United Nations Food and Agriculture
Organisation forecasts that if global population rises
to 9.1 billion by 2050 world food production will need
to rise by 70%, and food production in the developing
world will need to double.

6. Digging Deeper: Impact of Climate Change on the Ability of
Nations to Increase Food Production
◻Task 4: Use the Climate Hot Map
https://www.climatehotmap.org/global-
warming-effects/food.html summary to
discover the impact of climate change on
food production in a range of countries
and complete the table.
◻ The final column asks you to brainstorm
some solutions – consider the technology
that we investigated in lesson 16!

7. The impacts of climate change will not be
consistent around the world, as the different
original climates of areas will alter how they
are impacted.
The infographic to the right seeks to illustrate
some of the impacts that climate change will
have on food production in different regions
of the world.
Task 5: Use the infographic to write
down two changes caused by climate
change in each region in the table on
the worksheet.
Note: A larger copy of the infographic is
included on the worksheet.
Impact of Climate Change on the Ability of Regions to contine
Food Production

8. CLIMATE CHANGE AND FOOD
PRODUCTION IN THE PACIFIC
◻ Task 6: As you watch the
video take 8 dot point notes
about how climate change
will affect food production
in the Pacific – remember
we are aiming to get
examples, particularly
specific measurements,
dates or statistics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2nOzcSyj9E

9. Recap & exit tickets
Success Criteria
1. I can describe climate change and how it is caused.
2. I can discuss examples of the impacts of climate change on the
productivity of biomes.
Task 7: Complete the following Exit Ticket in your class discussion
3-2-1 ACTIVITY
3 Things you learned 2 Important details 1 Question you still have
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