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Bookmark or Share- How climate change is accelerating the global food crisisIn the short-term, food prices rise, and families are forced to cut funding for education, electricity and other basic necessities. Over the longer term, growing regions of key commodities will shift, threatening growers’ livelihoods and entire communities. These trends can lead to civil unrest, especially in emerging economies.
- 6 projects helping to tackle food insecurity - The World Economic ForumFood prices are continuing to rise around the world. This is worsening “food insecurity”, which is when people can’t access or afford enough safe and nutritious food . The World Bank’s latest Food Security Update says that food price inflation is more than 5% in around three-fifths of low-income and upper-middle-income countries and in ...
- Extreme weather is driving food prices higher. These 5 crops are facing ...It’s entirely usual for food prices to fluctuate alongside the seasons, but the exceptionally hot and dry summer 2023 in Europe, the US, Asia and beyond caused poor harvests and many crops to fail. The climate crisis is making extreme weather – from heatwaves and droughts to storms and floods – more common, and some crops are more ...
- These countries have been the hardest hit by food price inflationHistorically high commodity prices, Russia’s war in Ukraine, volatile fertilizer markets and other causes, have left many countries facing a cost-of-living crisis with double- and even triple-digit food price inflation, according to the World Bank.
- Global food prices: Are high prices here to stay? | World Economic ForumFood prices around the world have soared to record levels. Climate change, conflict and widespread poverty is making food harder to grow and therefore more expensive. Changes to diets and policy shifts, as well as planting a wider variety of crops, can help to keep food affordable.
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