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New Analysis Maps 16 Food Price Spikes Driven by Climate Extremes
SOUTH KOREA, JUL 21 – Extreme weather linked to climate change caused food prices to spike up to 280% globally between 2022 and 2024, affecting staples like cabbage, rice, and cocoa, researchers found.
- On Monday, researchers from the Barcelona Supercomputing Center and the European Central Bank published analysis tracing price jumps to extreme weather linked to climate change.
- El Niño from 2023 to 2024, the study's authors say, likely influenced observed extreme weather, highlighting climate change's role in food price inflation.
- After an Asia heat wave last year, Chinese vegetable prices rose over 40%, and South Korean cabbage prices increased 70%.
- Grocery prices, according to the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit, made UK households' food bills 361 pounds higher in 2022–23, while grocery prices influenced key elections in the US, UK, and Argentina.
- Beyond immediate impacts and slashing greenhouse gas emissions, the study's authors recommend that countries adopt policies to help consumers manage rising food prices.
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