Five charts: How climate change is driving up food prices around the world

FOOD AND FARMING 23 August 2024  13:14 Five charts: How climate change is driving up food prices around the worldFonte: Carbon Brief

Global food prices have seen huge fluctuations in recent years, soaring to record highs in 2022 before dropping in 2023 and rising again slowly this year.

Extreme weather events, geopolitical conflict, high input costs and increased demand all contributed to these spikes, experts told Carbon Brief in June.

The impact of these events varies depending on the type of food – olive oil, orange juice and other common supermarket items are now more expensive, for example, whereas grains have dropped in price compared to the start of this year.

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