Human Climate Horizons data and insights platform
Download the latest, 2025 press release on impacts of climate change on agriculture: English (PDF)
Access platform: horizons.hdr.undp.org
In the latest release, Human Climate Horizons data platform (HCH) presents new projections of how climate change could affect agricultural yields, linking climate variables to six major crops—maize, soy, rice, wheat, cassava, and sorghum—across more than 19,000 regions worldwide. Incorporating empirically observed farmer adaptation under two emission scenarios (RCP 4.5 and RCP 8.5) and three future periods (2020–2039, 2040–2059, 2080–2099), the data provide a detailed view of emerging risks to global food systems.
About Human Climate Horizons
HCH provides localized information on future impacts of climate change across several dimensions of human development and human security. It is open access and scalable digital public good – a window to possible futures – fed by an evolving stream of multidisciplinary frontier research. It is the result of joint work of the Climate Impact Lab and the UNDP’s Human Development Report Office.
Providing hyperlocal coverage for more than 24,000 regions worldwide, multiple policy scenarios and time horizons through the end of 21st century, HCH provides everyone with empirically grounded data and information on the potential human costs of climate change, so everyone can play a role in choosing the path forward and helping to design adaptation and accelerate mitigation.