Climate Change, Food Security and Health

Climate change threatens human health, food security, and ecological sustainability. In
marginalized and vulnerable communities around the globe, there is a crucial need to initiate
actions to reduce adverse climatic impacts and support sustainable development goals (SDGs),
particularly on food and health. Climate change’s multidimensional and complex impact on food
and health has prompted calls for an integrated, science-based approach that could simultaneously
improve the environment and nourish development-constrained communities. This paper examines
a transdisciplinary practice of agroecology that bridges the gap between science, practice, and policy
for climate action. We also analyze the significance of agroecology in building climate-resilient
communities through sustainable food systems. We assert that the marriage of science and local
knowledge that addresses access inequities through agroecology can lessen the impact of climate
change on rural communities to achieve healthier, more sustainable, and equitable food systems.
Furthermore, a transformative agroecological paradigm can provide farmers with a host of adaptive
possibilities leading to healthier communities, improved food security, and restored lands and forests
that can sequester greenhouse gases. Based on our findings, we call on the science and policy
communities to integrate agroecology as part of the broader strategic approach to climate change
adaptation and mitigation.