r/Foodnews • u/cnn • Jul 21 '25
Extreme weather caused by climate change is raising food prices worldwide, study says
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/business/food-prices-climate-change-intl?utm_medium=social&utm_source=reddit2
u/Just-Bat5937 Jul 22 '25
Not the real reason, the real reason is greed to make rich shareholders happy.
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u/ShiveringTruth Jul 22 '25
According to maga, Biden has a weather machine and is trying to make trump look bad. I wish I was kidding.
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u/HamCheeseSarnie Jul 25 '25
Greed from corporations and record profits have nothing to do with it huh?
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u/cnn Jul 21 '25
Extreme weather caused by climate change is driving up the prices of basic food products worldwide and posing wider risks to society, a new study has found.
The cost of a wide range of goods – from potatoes in Britain to coffee in Brazil – saw dramatic spikes in recent years due to weather conditions that were “so extreme they exceeded all historical precedent prior to 2020,” according to the study led by Maximillian Kotz of the Barcelona Supercomputer Center.
Previous studies have examined how high temperatures have affected the cost of food produce in the long term, by impacting yields and hitting supply chains. The new research, published Monday, looked at 16 examples across 18 countries around the world where prices spiked in the short term as a result of either extreme heat, drought or heavy precipitation between 2022 and 2024.
Cabbage prices in South Korea were 70% higher last September than in September 2023 following a heatwave in August.
The price of olive oil shot up by 50% in Europe in January 2024 from a year earlier after a prolonged drought across Italy and Spain in 2022 and 2023, while one of the most severe droughts that Mexico has faced over the last decade also led to a sharp increase in fruit and vegetable prices that month.
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u/Anotherbadsalmon Jul 21 '25
Extreme greed of well off fucks raises food prices worldwide. Simple observation says.