Implications of future global famine and malnutrtion

China is continuing to experience rapid growth. South Korea is also experiencing the same type of growth however more risk and less foreign interest are present. Southeast Asia is beginning to have an increasing amount of foreign investment and growth. This new growth and opportunity may seem great, yet there is one “tiny” problem which may have major global repercussions. Once again, global warming could easily stunt all of Asia’s growth, as well as the well being of the global economy. On any given day, one can read or watch business articles and television programs implicating how China and countries of East Asia will be part of the next global economic power, China. However, these aforementioned countries have huge populations of farmers and peasants. The problem poised by global warming would directly affect these peoples. According to scientists, the world will face a mass loss of human life in areas which are dependent on natural water sources and subsidence farming. The projection for the future is that over one billion people will perish due to drought and famine. The people that are most likely to experience this outcome are the population residing in isolated regions of Africa and Asia. One has to question what economic effects would be felt domestically as well as globally due to the internal catastrophes that the Asian countries are projected to experience. The biggest and most severe of these problems would be in North Korea. If it has not already been analyzed, which I’m sure it has, what would North Korea do if millions of it’s citizens were dying of famine and malnutrition. Not to say that this is not already occurring, but on an even larger scale; What would the role of the United States and the United Nations be at that point in time?