CelloMom On Cars
"The significant increase in #tomato prices in #India, surpassing 400 per cent, can be linked to crop failure induced by extremely high temperatures and heavy #rainfall.
#ClimateChange-related #ExtremeWeather events are a significant contributing factor to the present scarcity of #tomatoes."
#ClimateInflation
https://www.wionews.com/trending/has-it-shaken-your-kitchen-too-making-sense-of-indias-climate-driven-tomato-crisis-615243
CelloMom On Cars
Volker Turk, the United Nations' human rights chief, "told a UN Human Rights Council debate on the right to #food that #ExtremeWeather events were wiping out crops, herds and ecosystems, making it impossible for communities to rebuild and support themselves.
Turk said world leaders "perform the choreography of deciding to act and promising to act and then get stuck in the short term".
He called for an end to "senseless #subsidies" of the #FossilFuel industry"
https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20230703-climate-change-spells-terrifying-future-un-rights-chief
CelloMom On Cars
"Cereal production in southern #Europe is expected to fall by up to 60% on last year in the wake of the #Charon #heatwave currently gripping the continent."
#food #ClimateInflation
https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/sourcing/cereal-crops-decimated-by-europes-heatwave/681361.article
CelloMom On Cars
Beyond 2023:
"Successive #heatwaves threaten nature’s ability to provide us with #food, say researchers, as they warn of an “unseen, silent dying” in our #oceans amid record temperatures scorching the Earth."
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/21/rampant-heatwaves-threaten-food-security-of-entire-planet-scientists-warn
CelloMom On Cars
" #India last week suspended exports of non-basmati varieties of #rice after heavy #monsoon rainfall damaged newly planted crops due to be harvested in winter. With rice retail prices up 3 per cent in the past month and 11.5 per cent over the past year, the government hopes to quell food #inflation by reserving more grain for the domestic market."
#ClimateInflation
https://www.business-standard.com/economy/news/despite-best-efforts-india-s-food-security-being-choked-by-climate-change-123072500089_1.html
CelloMom On Cars
"#ClimateChange is already having an impact on #food supplies, particularly in #Canada."
"Preston said many Canadian farmers are eager to adopt more sustainable means of production, but they need government support. Improving #soil health to make it more resilient to extreme rainfall, and increasing #biodiversity on farms, he said, will go a long way in adapting to a warming planet."
https://globalnews.ca/news/9863235/climate-change-effects-food-security-canada/
CelloMom On Cars
"The greatest challenge posed by #ExtremeWeather right now, agronomists say, is to specialty crops: the #peaches in Georgia and #olives in Spain, for instance, but also #berries in the Pacific Northwest and #cherries in western Michigan, and almonds in California"
#ClimateInflation
https://www.wired.com/story/this-scorching-summer-is-taking-a-toll-on-your-favorite-foods/
CelloMom On Cars
"#Oregon’s #cherry harvest, one of the state’s biggest sources of agricultural income, is in dire straits because of #ClimateChange this year, and growers need emergency relief."
#GOP rep:
“Unfortunately, our cherry producers have been facing severe hardships due to unprecedented and adverse weather conditions in Oregon such as ice storms, excessive #heat, and #wildfire smoke impacts caused by a warming #climate.”
CelloMom On Cars
"Following atmospheric events such as #floods, #hail and high temperatures, #pear yields in #Italy are down 63% year-on-year, tand the otal supply in Europe is down 13%. According to Euronews, pears have also been affected in France, where the harvest has fallen by 23%.
The harvest of grapes, watermelons, apricots, tomatoes and aubergines in Italy also suffered losses related to the #climate."
h/t @RSMacKinnon
https://liltparma.it/i-frutteti-italiani-si-stanno-riducendo-a-causa-delle-condizioni-meteorologiche-estreme-avvertono-gli-agricoltori/
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