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T1 Desert Locusts’ Upsurges: A Harbinger of Emerging Climate Change Induced Crises? - Foresight Brief
T2 Les Recrudescences De Criquets Pèlerins : Un Présage Des Crises Émergentes Induites Par Le Changement Climatique ? - Note Prospective
T2 الارتفاعات المفاجئة في أعداد الجراد الصحراوي: هل هو نذير بالأزمات الناشئة التي يسببها تغير المناخ؟
A1 United Nations Environment Programme, 
K1 locust
K1 food security
K1 climate change
K1 early warning system
K1 desert locust
K1 environmental monitoring
K1 nature-based solution
K1 inter-agency cooperation
YR 2021
FD 2021
LK https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/35058
UL https://wedocs.unep.org/handle/20.500.11822/35058
NO The economic importance of locusts is evident from their impacts on livelihoods, food security and nutrition, economic development and on the environment. This foresight brief discusses some of these issues and highlights the possible role of climate change in locust infestations. Predicting and controlling locust outbreaks are some of the major challenges that countries face. Addressing these issues requires well organised early warning systems that operate within an integrated pest management context and employ innovative strategies such as ecosystem-based approaches. However, these can only work if governments employ a joined-up approach to policy implementation at all levels; collaborating with development partners and addressing some of the underlying causes.
DS UN Environment Document Repository
RD Sep 22, 2026