Food security is defined by The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) as a situation that exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life. Within the past year, there have been several reports released by a multitude of organizations regarding the devastating effects that climate change will have. Its scientifically proven that the recent drastic change in climate has brought on harsher weather, droughts, heat waves, intensified hurricanes, and a multitude of other environmentally detrimental events. Climate change heightens the risk and intensity of weather events, and not just regular weather events, the extreme weather events. Weather-related disasters can destroy agricultural and community infrastructure, increasing the risk of food insecurity. As an example, in 2016 hurricane season, Japan was hit with several hurricanes, most going to the
northern region of Hokkaido, which is a very vital region for production of crops; potato, carrot, sweet corn, and other various vegetables. More than 4 hurricanes struck this region of Japan, damaging farmland and infrastructure, and causing supermarket vegetable prices to spike. This event affected many Japanese households, including my own, who had to budget for these price spikes, decreasing the intake of vegetables. These types of events are only a foreshadowing of what is to come during the next few years. Global Food Security is directly tied to climate change, and if Global Food Security is not assured, Japans Food Security is also at risk. Japanese Food Security is only achievable when Global Food Security is also achieved. However, it is important that these achievements for Japans food security is attained through environmentally sustainable ways. In this essay, I would like to outline the question Why climate change can directly affect global food security as well as Japanese food security.