Of the 300, 000 lives being lost each year due to climate change, the report finds nine out of 10 are related to "gradual environmental degradation, " and that deaths caused by climate-related malnutrition, diarrhea and malaria outnumber direct fatalities from weather-related disasters.
Although the corn market most closely tracks news and weather in the US, any weatherrelated crop disasters in China would at least lend support to corn prices.