[MCN] Not tariffs alone : Heat and drought will persist in forcing food prices higher

[Lance Olsen]

Climate Change and Food Prices

Climate Central
https://www.climatecentral.org › climate-matters › clima...
 <https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters/climate-change-and-food-prices>
Nov 19, 2025 — Extreme events fueled by climate change can damage crops, reduce yields, and disrupt supply chains — all of which can drive food prices ...
How Fossil Fuels and Global Extreme Weather Increase ...

Center for American Progress
https://www.americanprogress.org › article › how-fossil...
 <https://www.americanprogress.org/article/how-fossil-fuels-and-global-extreme-weather-increase-americans-food-prices/>
Dec 22, 2025 — Extreme weather and rising temperatures as a result of climate change can weaken global food output and increase prices worldwide. The U.S. food ...Read more <https://www.americanprogress.org/article/how-fossil-fuels-and-global-extreme-weather-increase-americans-food-prices/#:~:text=Extreme%20weather%20and%20rising%20temperatures,prices%20worldwide.%20The%20U.S.%20food>
Heat and drought are quietly hurting crop yields

Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment
https://woods.stanford.edu › news › heat-and-drought-a...
 <https://woods.stanford.edu/news/heat-and-drought-are-quietly-hurting-crop-yields>
May 6, 2025 — More frequent hot weather and droughts have dealt a significant blow to crop yields, especially for key grains like wheat, barley, and maize.Read more <https://woods.stanford.edu/news/heat-and-drought-are-quietly-hurting-crop-yields#:~:text=More%20frequent%20hot%20weather%20and,the%20National%20Academy%20of%20Sciences.>
Extreme weather caused by climate change is raising food ...

CNN
https://www.cnn.com › food-prices-climate-change-intl
 <https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/business/food-prices-climate-change-intl>
Jul 22, 2025 — Extreme weather caused by climate change is driving up the prices of basic food products worldwide and posing wider risks to society, ...
USA: Climate change and food prices

PreventionWeb.net
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Nov 19, 2025 — Intense drought in California and Arizona in 2022 contributed to an 80% increase in the U.S. producer price of vegetables in November 2022 ...Read more <https://www.preventionweb.net/news/climate-change-and-food-prices#:~:text=Intense%20drought%20in%20California%20and,compared%20to%20a%20year%20prior.>
Rising food prices driven by climate crisis threaten world's ...

The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com › business › jul › rising-f...
 <https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/jul/21/rising-food-prices-driven-by-climate-crisis-threaten-worlds-poorest-report-finds>
Jul 21, 2025 — High cost of staples due to extreme weather could lead to more malnutrition, political upheaval and social unrest.
How Climate Change Is Causing World Hunger

World Food Program USA
https://wfpusa.org › news › how-climate-change-is-caus...
 <https://wfpusa.org/news/how-climate-change-is-causing-world-hunger/>
Apr 29, 2024 — Over time, recurring floods or droughts degrade soil, which makes farmland barren and reduces both the amount and quality of food that can be ...Read more <https://wfpusa.org/news/how-climate-change-is-causing-world-hunger/#:~:text=Over%20time%2C%20recurring%20floods%20or,food%20that%20can%20be%20grown.>
Severe climate change risks to food security and nutrition

ScienceDirect.com
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 <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212096322000808>
by A Mirzabaev · 2023 · Cited by 302 — The exposure of people to heatwaves, droughts, and floods can harm their food security, health and nutrition and lower their productivity affecting their ...Read more <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212096322000808#:~:text=The%20exposure%20of%20people%20to,et%20al.%2C%202021).>
Severe Climate Change Risks...
 <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212096322000808#:~:text=Severe%20climate%20change%20risks%20to%20food%20security%20and%20nutrition,-Author%20links%20open%20overlay%20panel>3. Severe Climate Change...
 <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212096322000808#:~:text=3.%20Severe%20climate%20change%20risks%20to%20FSN>3.1. Risk To Hunger
 <https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212096322000808#:~:text=3.1.%20Risk%20to%20hunger>



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“...many scientists say deep emissions cuts are necessary … to prevent … dangerous consequences of global warming. 

"Getting from here to there would require a massive economic shift.”

Rachel Pannett and Jeffrey Ball. “Australia Approves Energy Bill.”  
The Wall Street Journal  p.A7, August 21, 2009

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The energy transition is strictly necessary. But it’s going to be very, very hard.

 “Every sector of the economy will have to switch to new technologies, consumers will have to change behaviors, new supply chains will have to be built, and all this has to happen in every major economy, in just a few decades, and at the cost of a whole generation’s savings,” BloombergNEF’s Michael Liebreich wrote in 2023. “What could be harder?”

Well, a business-as-usual scenario would be harder. In a trajectory where the world does not curb its greenhouse gas emissions, climatic conditions would soon become untenable for much of the world, leading to major food shortages and dangerous levels of political unrest, among other crises.

Decarbonization is going to be brutal, but a failure to act has resulted in a ‘code red for humanity.’ Ultimately, we can make it easier for ourselves. We should start by being realistic about the challenges we face so we can plan together how to overcome them. 

Ollprice.com May 1, 2024

The Cold Hard Truth  About  Renewable Energy Adoption

By Haley Zaremba

https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/The-Cold-Hard-Truth-About-Renewable-Energy-Adoption.html

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