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Julia Simon

World Food Prize goes to former farmer who answers climate change question: 'So what?'

Cynthia Rosenzweig has been named the 2022 World Food Prize Laureate for her work to determine the impact of climate change on worldwide food production. (Yana Paskova / for NPR)

For scientist – and former farmer – Cynthia Rosenzweig, her work on climate change has always revolved around one big question: "So what?"

"Impacts of climate change are crucially important," she says. "If the climate changes and nothing happened, why would we care?"

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