#climateinflation — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #climateinflation, aggregated by home.social.
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"Fruit tree production in the Intermountain West, which covers Colorado, Utah and Idaho, is threatened by diminishing water supplies, spring frosts, variable winter temperatures and soils that are above the ideal pH range for peach trees. Further exacerbating the environmental stresses are pest problems and the persistent cytospora canker disease."
https://theconversation.com/a-fungal-disease-along-with-climate-change-threatens-colorados-prized-peaches-263246
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/460923/ Climate change is already showing up in the cost of living #CentralBank #ClimateChange #ClimateInflation #Consumer #DirectEffect #drop #EarlyStudy #economic #Éire #Environment #ExtremeWeather #harvest #IE #inflation #Ireland #price #researcher #Science #temperature #year
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"Forecasts for the strongest El Nino in a decade promise hotter, drier weather across Asia in the second half of 2026, hitting crops and food supplies while farmers grapple with fertiliser shortages and costly fuel caused by the Iran war."
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/forecast-strong-el-nino-fans-worries-about-global-crops-iran-war-bites-2026-04-24/
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"The breeding response to all of this is real but, by its own researchers’ assessment, increasingly insufficient. Wheat scientists have been developing varieties with better heat tolerance, faster maturation, and improved drought resistance for decades. However, it’s still racing against a trajectory that doesn’t appear to be slowing down at the rate required to keep the gap manageable."
https://creativelearningguild.co.uk/nature/the-wheat-shortage-nobody-is-talking-about-and-how-global-warming-is-making-it-permanent/
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"South Punjab’s world-famous mango industry is facing a serious setback this season, as climate change has impacted the production of Summer Bahisht Chaunsa, one of the most prized mango varieties in Pakistan.
According to local growers, the first week of March brought an unexpected rise in temperature, which disrupted the natural flowering and fruit-setting process."
https://borneobulletin.com.bn/climate-change-hits-pakistans-world-famous-mango-produce/
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"The haul of lobsters, Maine’s best known export and a key piece of the state’s identity and culture, has declined every year since 2021, and some scientists have cited as a reason warming oceans that spur migration to Canadian waters."
https://www.canoncitydailyrecord.com/2026/03/06/maine-lobster-catch/
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Pakistan: Harvest of pulses significantly decreased due to low returns, export restrictions -- and climate change
https://mastodon.social/@Snoro/116116699598224092
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“Climate change and weather extremes will drive down global caloric yields by about 24% under high future emissions.
“This would result in higher food prices, which in rich countries would feel like inflation. In poor countries, this would exacerbate food security problems and could negatively affect political stability.”
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#ClimateInflation in the price of food in North America:
"Projected warming by 2035 would drive food inflation up by 1.4 to 1.8 percentage-points per-year on average across North America (for low-end (SSP1-2.6) and high-end (SSP5-8.5) warming scenarios, respectively). By 2060, warming-driven food inflation across North America would reach 1.9 to 3.9 percentage-points per-year, respectively."
https://www.climatecentral.org/climate-matters/climate-change-and-food-prices
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Climate Change Linked To 40% Of UK Food Price Hikes
Staples like butter, beef, milk, coffee and chocolate account for nearly 40% of all food price inflation, despite comprising only 11% of an average shopping basket, according to the study.
This trend challenges arguments that minimum-wage hikes or other domestic factors are the main cause of inflation.
Climate impacts added an estimated £360 (€414) to the average UK household food bill in 2022-23."
https://www.esmmagazine.com/supply-chain/climate-change-linked-to-40-of-uk-food-price-hikes-study-finds-298316
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As climate killed crops
We hoped they'd say it was real.
They just raised prices.#haiku #senryu #poem #ShortPoem #SmallPoem #SmallPoems #Climate #ClimateDenial #ClimateInflation #inflation #ClimateCost #cost #Food #FoodSecurity #FoodInsecurity
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"Serbia has suffered from extreme drought in addition to frost in 2025, compounding the detrimental effects on crops.
The lack of rain has devastated corn crops, and the frost destroyed much of the fruit and vegetable yield, leading to extremely high grocery prices."
https://www.thecooldown.com/sustainable-food/serbia-drought-agriculture-farming/
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"Beyond potatoes, Maine's other top crops are suffering. Blueberry growers are warning of reduced harvests this year, and Canada's industry — which supplies much of the U.S. — could see losses of up to one-third. Meanwhile, vegetable gardeners across the region are reporting wilting plants and dry soil.
For consumers, this means higher prices at the grocery store. "
https://www.thecooldown.com/sustainable-food/maine-drought-potato-farmers-climate-change-2/
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#ClimateInflation
Tariff inflation
Deportations inflation"Grocery prices last month rose at their fastest pace in three years, stoked by Trump’s tariffs, a crackdown on immigration, and extreme weather hurting food production. Prices jumped 0.6% in August from the month prior, according to the latest reading from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and they are up 2.7% from a year ago."
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/20/business/grocery-store-prices-kroger-coupons -
"The struggles [of farmers in the south of Europe] mean the price of wine, olives, citrus fruits and vegetables are expected to continue to rise, as droughts, flash floods and high temperatures affect traditional crops in the Mediterranean.
However, the more the climate crisis progresses the harder it becomes to adapt and the more costly it becomes."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/25/we-cannot-do-it-the-way-our-fathers-did-farmers-across-europe-struggle-to-adapt-to-the-climate-crisis
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"Climate change is contributing to a global shortage of the world’s most consumed fruit.
Bananas are the fourth most important food crop globally, with more than 400 million people relying on the fruit for 15% to 27% of their daily calories, and they’re not the only crop at risk.
Climate models show that mitigation efforts are the best ways we can reduce climate impacts on our food supply."
https://time.com/7310462/banana-supply-climate-change/
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"Soaring food prices have been a major concern for consumers around the world since around 2021, with prices rising due to extreme weather fuelled by climate change, higher production costs and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – among other factors. "
https://www.carbonbrief.org/mapped-16-times-extreme-weather-drove-higher-food-prices-since-2022/
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"The cost of a wide range of goods – from vegetables in California 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 [a new] study.
By driving up food prices extreme weather conditions can also worsen overall inflation, which can lead to political unrest and social upheaval, the researchers noted."
https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/21/business/food-prices-climate-change-intl
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"Statistics Korea cited climate as a factor in last month's rise in consumer prices. Radish prices jumped 54 percent year-on-year, and shredded squid rose 39.9 percent, with surging prices in seafood and livestock products contributing significantly to inflation.
“Radish and napa cabbage shipments declined due to frequent heavy rains and abnormal temperatures, causing prices to spike. Seafood catches have fallen due to rising sea temperatures.”"https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-07-04/business/economy/Grocery-prices-overheat-as-climate-change-hurts-yields-with-no-relief-in-sight/2345789
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Climate change threatens banana exports, key to the Latin American economy
A study indicates that rising temperatures threaten 60% of the area suitable for growing the tropical fruit
https://english.elpais.com/climate/2025-06-07/climate-change-threatens-banana-exports-key-to-the-latin-american-economy.html
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"Global yields of wheat are around 10% lower now than they would have been without the influence of climate change, according to a new study.
The study also assesses the impacts that warming and vapour pressure deficit – a key driver of plant water stress – have on crop yields.
The models show that these effects may be the main driver of losses in grain yield, with heat having a more “indirect effect”, as higher temperatures drive water stress. "
https://www.carbonbrief.org/global-wheat-yields-would-be-10-higher-without-climate-change/
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"#Pakistan’s bees once produced 22 varieties of honey, but that has plummeted to 11 as flowering seasons shorten. Three of the country’s four honeybee species are endangered.
#Bees are threatened globally by changing weather patterns, intensive farming practices, land-use change, and pesticides."
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2025/3/4/photos-climate-crisis-threatens-pakistans-bees-and-honey-trade
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"A new report has found direct connections between the climate crisis and rising cost-of-living pressures. Failure to lower emissions now will only aggravate the crisis, with each moment of inaction compounding the pressure on households.
The report identifies three key areas where the climate crisis is directly driving up costs for Australians: insurance, food, and energy."
https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/climate-crisis-escalates-cost-of-living-pressures/
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#ClimateChange is turning Valentine's Day bitter for #chocolate lovers
"Disruptive weather patterns fueled by climate change have hammered West Africa, where most of the world’s cacao, the raw form of the bean that gets processed into cocoa, is grown. Similar challenges have been mounting for coffee farmers, too, fueling a sharp price spike on global markets that consumers are increasingly expected to feel this year."
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/consumer/chocolate-prices-valentines-day-candy-climate-change-rcna190866
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#ClimateInflation hits poor people first.
Hospital admissions for lack of vitamins soaring in #England
“We have seen fresh, healthier foods spike in price over the last few years, making a nutritious diet increasingly unaffordable for some, while fast foods are cheap and filling but are low in nutritious content. GPs are on the frontline of this public health crisis, caring for patients who are experiencing the health consequences of growing deprivation.”
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#ClimateChange affects the entire food supply chain, from farm to fork.
"As global temperatures rise and weather patterns become increasingly erratic, the agricultural sector faces profound challenges that ripple through the entire #food supply chain, from production to transportation and storage."
https://earth.org/from-farm-to-table-the-economic-impact-of-climate-change-on-the-food-chain/
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Call it what it is: #ClimateInflation.
"Economists are increasingly starting to assemble evidence that global heating is putting systemic upward pressure on food #inflation – as well as injecting volatility into the food production system worldwide.
The challenges can be compounded by climate-related transport bottlenecks, as when the number of ships that could transit the Panama Canal each day had to be cut because of low water levels."
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"Some British retailers and wholesalers have been forced to switch to sourcing #oranges from South Africa and South America early after last month’s catastrophic floods in eastern #Spain left farmers struggling to harvest and ship their crops."
This leads to #ClimateInflation in your grocery bill.
(Also, know the seasons of your produce.
So you don't have to buy them from the *other hemisphere*). -
it's just the beginning of climate inflation
#climateinflation #drought followed by #flood
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"A lack of #water is a hidden and growing driver of #hunger that affects one in every 11 people, the WRI said. Rice, wheat and corn — which make up more than half of the world’s food calories — are particularly vulnerable, with a third of those crops grown using highly stressed or variable water supplies.
Water scarcity could cause high-income countries’ #GDP to shrink by 8% by mid-century and a drop of up to 15% in poorer countries, it said."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-10-18/global-food-roundup-water-stress-threatens-quarter-of-crops
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This is #ClimateInflation:
"Nationwide, premiums rose 34% between 2017 and 2023 [more than 50% in some states], and they continued to rise in 2024 across much of the country.
U.S. homeowners #insurance will continue to get more expensive and cover less.
The insurance companies are not making political statements with the increases. They are looking at the numbers, calculating risk and pricing it accordingly. And the numbers are concerning."
https://theconversation.com/why-home-insurance-rates-are-rising-so-fast-across-the-us-climate-change-plays-a-big-role-238939
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"Portions of Iowa, South Dakota and Nebraska are grappling with the aftermath of #flooding, while continuing to fight a swollen river. The Mississippi River is facing flood threats, too. The high waters and flooding are suffocating fields, causing #CropDamage to key growing areas across the Midwest."
You know all this will contribute to #ClimateInflation
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"#UK #harvests of important crops could be down by nearly a fifth this year due to the unprecedented wet weather farmers have faced, increasing the likelihood that the prices of bread, beer and biscuits will rise.
Some farms were badly affected by persistent rain since October, meaning they have not been able to plant any crops, while the wet weather has significantly depleted the amount other farms have been able to plant."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/29/washout-winter-spells-price-rises-for-uk-shoppers-with-key-crops-down-by-a-fifth
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"#ExtremeWeather is increasing the cost of #CropInsurance and making it harder for farmers to secure coverage."
Farmers pass on that cost, increasing the price of food.
#ClimateInflation
https://www.agriculture.com/drowning-in-drought-7974186 -
"#ExtremeWeather is increasing the cost of #CropInsurance and making it harder for farmers to secure coverage."
Farmers pass on that cost, increasing the price of food.
#ClimateInflation
https://www.agriculture.com/drowning-in-drought-7974186 -
"#ExtremeWeather is increasing the cost of #CropInsurance and making it harder for farmers to secure coverage."
Farmers pass on that cost, increasing the price of food.
#ClimateInflation
https://www.agriculture.com/drowning-in-drought-7974186 -
"#ExtremeWeather is increasing the cost of #CropInsurance and making it harder for farmers to secure coverage."
Farmers pass on that cost, increasing the price of food.
#ClimateInflation
https://www.agriculture.com/drowning-in-drought-7974186 -
"#ExtremeWeather is increasing the cost of #CropInsurance and making it harder for farmers to secure coverage."
Farmers pass on that cost, increasing the price of food.
#ClimateInflation
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"#Rice prices surged to their highest in almost 12 years" for several reasons.
"Among them: extreme climate from #GlobalWarming, along with the onset of #ElNiño for the first time in seven years, Russia’s withdrawal from the Black Sea grain initiative and protectionist food policies in the form of #TradeRestrictions."#ClimateInflation
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/22/asia-food-inflation-fears-rise-as-rice-prices-surge.html -
"Known as the granary of #China, the south of #Henan was struck by higher-than-normal #rainfall in the last week of May, days ahead of the #harvest of #wheat planted last winter. The rains have caused some grain to sprout or be hit by blight."
This is what #ClimateInflation looks like.
https://www.reuters.com/world/china/granary-china-braces-more-wheat-damaging-rain-2023-06-01/
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The rain in #Spain falls sparingly on the plain, and the drought has consequences for all of us who eat the #food grown in Spain.
"This has been the most expensive planting season on record, and with #harvests ruined or reduced by 60-80%, there will be many farms that will have a very tough time surviving."
This is what #ClimateInflation looks like.
#ClimateChange
https://apnews.com/article/spain-drought-andalusia-agriculture-crops-climate-change-8c6f8be6b09dc0e905c9c7fcf0a89f6f