The United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organisation or FAO says ocean warming, frequent tropical cyclones, floods and droughts are likely to have a devastating impact on food security in Pacific countries.
The UN body's report on climate change and food security in the Pacific region comes as delegates from 187 countries meet in Poland for U.N. talks aiming to move closer to a deal on new climate treaty in 2009 to succeed the Kyoto Protocol.
The FAO's assistant director-general, Alexander Mueller, says climate projections for the Pacific island countries are bleak and indicate reduced food security, especially for households.
The FAO's joint report with the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program and the University of the South Pacific is published on its website
