[MCN] Do climate extremes play any role in food price inflation?

[Lance Olsen]

Five charts: How climate change is driving up food prices ...

Carbon Brief
https://www.carbonbrief.org › ... › Food and farming
 <https://www.carbonbrief.org/five-charts-how-climate-change-is-driving-up-food-prices-around-the-world>
Aug 23, 2024 — Extreme heat can influence food prices around the world. A 2024 study found that high temperatures “persistently” increase food inflation in …
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Global warming and heat extremes to enhance inflationary ...

Nature
https://www.nature.com › ... › articles
 <https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-01173-x>
by M Kotz · 2024 · Cited by 138 — Higher temperatures increase food and headline inflation persistently over 12 months in both higher- and lower-income countries.Read more <https://www.nature.com/articles/s43247-023-01173-x#:~:text=Higher%20temperatures%20increase%20food%20and,both%20higher%2D%20and%20lower%2Dincome%20countries.>
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 — Fossil fuels and the climate change they cause are worsening extreme weather events that disrupt global food supply chains and increase costs ...
'Super' El Niño could cause global food price shock lasting ...

The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com › business › jul › super-el...
 <https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/12/super-el-nino-severe-shock-global-food-prices-lasting-into-2028-economists-warn>
Jul 12, 2026 — Bank estimated three years ago that a strong El Niño could drive up food commodity prices by up to 9%, with soya beans among those hit hardest.
(PDF) Climate extremes, food price spikes, and their wider ...

ResearchGate
https://www.researchgate.net › publication › 39268847...
 <https://www.researchgate.net/publication/392688479_Climate_extremes_food_price_spikes_and_their_wider_societal_risks>
Mar 21, 2026 — Food price rises have been linked to recent climate shocks, including in the UK, and are predicted to cause 30-50% of food price inflation by …
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Extreme weather is raising food prices worldwide, study says

WBAL-TV
https://www.wbaltv.com › Consumer
 <https://www.wbaltv.com/article/extreme-weather-climate-change-raising-food-prices-world/65473706>
Jul 22, 2025 — By driving up food prices, extreme weather conditions can also worsen overall inflation, which can lead to political unrest and social …
Read mo <https://www.wbaltv.com/article/extreme-weather-climate-change-raising-food-prices-world/65473706#:~:text=By%20driving%20up%20food%20prices%2C,social%20upheaval%2C%20the%20researchers%20noted.>
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Michael Mann: “A new normal makes it sound like we have arrived in a new position, and that's where we're going to be. But if we continue to burn fossil fuels ... we are going to ... get worse and worse droughts, and heat waves, and super storms, and floods, and wildfires.”

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/climate-change-is-making-wildfires-more-extreme-heres-how

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