Global warming is increasing at an unprecedented rate, with the past eleven years being the warmest on record.
Heat causes nearly half a million deaths annually. That’s 30 times more than tropical cyclones. A severe heat wave affected much of Brazil for five days at the end of April 2024, with temperatures in the central and southern regions reaching extreme levels.
Many were still recovering from a recent heat wave in southern Brazil, where the heat index in Rio de Janeiro reached an astonishing 144.1 degrees Fahrenheit, the highest in a decade. These events are part of a cycle of severe heat affecting this major agricultural powerhouse.
Yields of soybeans and corn in southeastern states like São Paulo have declined, as have those of other crops such as peanuts, potatoes, sugarcane, and Arabica coffee. Livestock pigs in the central-western region also faced severe heat stress.
A blocked cold front caused heavy rainfall and flooding in Rio Grande do Sul, disrupting the supply chain and markets for pink shrimp across Brazil.
A joint report published in April by the World Meteorological Organization and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations combines weather and agricultural data to examine the effects of extreme heat on global agriculture.
It also offers strategies for food production in a world where extreme heat is becoming the norm. The report highlights Brazil’s exports and the impact of rising temperatures, El Niño, and La Niña.
It notes that in Chile, warming seas in 2016 caused massive algae blooms that killed around 100,000 metric tons of farmed salmon and trout, marking a significant aquaculture mortality event. In the Pacific Northwest of the U.S., a severe heatwave in 2021 resulted in the complete loss of raspberry and blackberry harvests.
In 2022, a record heatwave impacted India, resulting in wheat yields dropping by 9% to 34% across more than a third of the states. Additionally, dairy animals suffering from heat stress produced up to 15% less milk, and the yields of some cabbage and cauliflower were reduced by half.
Last spring in Kyrgyzstan’s Fergana mountain range, temperatures soared 50 degrees Fahrenheit above average, causing a locust outbreak and significant declines in cereal harvests.
“We are not progressing quickly enough,” said Martial Bernoux, senior natural resources officer at the FAO’s Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity, and Environment. “We also face an increasing residual risk.”
The report warns that by the end of the century, regions like South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, and parts of Central and South America could face up to 250 days a year that are too hot for outdoor work. This extreme heat is already a critical issue for the global agricultural workforce.
A 2024 report by the International Labor Organization found that extreme temperatures threaten over 70% of the global workforce—about 2.4 billion people. This prompted UN Secretary-General António Guterres to call for action on extreme heat that summer.
He urged governments and the international community to focus on four key areas: supporting the vulnerable, protecting workers from extreme heat, enhancing resilience through data, and phasing out fossil fuels quickly and fairly.
Hosea 4:2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Hosea 4:3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and everyone that dwelleth therein shall languish=lose or lack vitality; grow weak or feeble, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
Matthew 24:37 But as the days of Noah were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Matthew 24:38 For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark,
Matthew 24:39 And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
2 Chronicles 7:13 If I shut up heaven that there be no rain, or if I command the locusts to devour the land, or if I send diseases among my people;
2 Chronicles 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:15 Now mine eyes shall be open, and mine ears attend unto the prayer that is made in this place
Luke 21:11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and diseases; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
Luke 21:25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
Luke 21:28 And when these things begin to come to pass, then look up, and lift up your heads; for your redemption draweth nigh.
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