Extreme weather
Global food systems imperiled by extreme heat, UN report warns
βExtreme heat is rewriting the script, in many ways, on agriculture.β β Kaveh Zahedi, FAO Assistant Director General and Director of the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment By Marco Lopez A new joint report by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) finds that extreme heat is severely […]
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Climate change fuels food inflation
By Marco Lopez Climate change is an inflation driver. This is according to a study published earlier this year. Rising temperatures and extreme weather events have a measurable and persistent impact on food and overall inflation globally, the paper found. The most significant effects are observed in food prices, particularly in low-income countries. These effects […]
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