A report released by the press office of this international institution states that this forecast was based on a tool for mapping Adaptation, Biodiversity, and Carbon, called ABC-Map, which increases the capacity to assess and compare climate disturbances.

The ABC-Map helps users better understand the synergies and trade-offs between the three pressing and interrelated challenges of climate change mitigation, adaptation, and combating biodiversity loss in the context of protecting agriculture and food security.

In this analysis, the experts suggest that coffee production in some of the main coffee-growing areas could decline dramatically by 2100.

On the other hand, they state that beans and wheat could experience significant losses, especially in regions such as North America and Europe.

However, corn and rice may initially find more suitable growing areas, a situation that could reverse by the end of the century under high-emissions scenarios.

Martial Bernoux, FAO climate change expert, stated that the new information could help address “increasingly erratic weather and extreme events, such as droughts, extreme heat, and floods.”

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