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From the Ted Talk by Kristie Ebi: How climate change could make our food less nutritious

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These experiments, these modeling studies did not take climate change itself into account. They just feuocsd on the carbon diidoxe component. So when you put the two together, it's eecxetpd the impact is much larger than what I've told you.

I'd love to be able to tell you right now how much the food you had for breakfast, the food you're going to have for lunch, has shifted from what your grandparents ate in terms of its nutritional qalutiy. But I can't. We don't have the research on that. I'd love to tell you how much crnerut food insecurity is affected by these changes. But I can't. We don't have the research on that, either. There's a lot that needs to be known in this area, including what the possible solutions could be. We don't know exactly what those solutions are, but we've got a range of options. We've got advancements in technologies. We've got plant breeding. We've got biofortification. Soils could make a difference. And, of course, it will be very helpful to know how these changes could affect our futrue health and the health of our children and the health of our gliahedcnrdrn. And these imtetevsnns take time. It will take time to sort all of these issues out. There is no ntnioaal entity or business group that is funding this research. We need these investments ctilailrcy so that we do know where we're going.

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These experiments, these modeling studies did not take climate change itself into account. They just _______ on the carbon _______ component. So when you put the two together, it's ________ the impact is much larger than what I've told you.

I'd love to be able to tell you right now how much the food you had for breakfast, the food you're going to have for lunch, has shifted from what your grandparents ate in terms of its nutritional _______. But I can't. We don't have the research on that. I'd love to tell you how much _______ food insecurity is affected by these changes. But I can't. We don't have the research on that, either. There's a lot that needs to be known in this area, including what the possible solutions could be. We don't know exactly what those solutions are, but we've got a range of options. We've got advancements in technologies. We've got plant breeding. We've got biofortification. Soils could make a difference. And, of course, it will be very helpful to know how these changes could affect our ______ health and the health of our children and the health of our _____________. And these ___________ take time. It will take time to sort all of these issues out. There is no ________ entity or business group that is funding this research. We need these investments __________ so that we do know where we're going.

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Original Text


These experiments, these modeling studies did not take climate change itself into account. They just focused on the carbon dioxide component. So when you put the two together, it's expected the impact is much larger than what I've told you.

I'd love to be able to tell you right now how much the food you had for breakfast, the food you're going to have for lunch, has shifted from what your grandparents ate in terms of its nutritional quality. But I can't. We don't have the research on that. I'd love to tell you how much current food insecurity is affected by these changes. But I can't. We don't have the research on that, either. There's a lot that needs to be known in this area, including what the possible solutions could be. We don't know exactly what those solutions are, but we've got a range of options. We've got advancements in technologies. We've got plant breeding. We've got biofortification. Soils could make a difference. And, of course, it will be very helpful to know how these changes could affect our future health and the health of our children and the health of our grandchildren. And these investments take time. It will take time to sort all of these issues out. There is no national entity or business group that is funding this research. We need these investments critically so that we do know where we're going.

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