CLIMATE FOOD INFLATION
Extreme weather and rising energy costs have raised UK household food bills by £605since 2021, driven by a 60% surge in food costs. El Niño threatens 2024, worsening the crisis.
Newly arrived El Niño threatens to push costs higher across food, building materials, and other sectors, compounding supply disruptions already underway. (Paywall)
GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS
UK food price inflation rose to 3.7% in April 2026 (up from 3.3% in March), with the cost of a basic weekly food basket up 29-36% since April 2022; energy shocks and climate-driven supply disruptions are flagged as key ongoing drivers.
FOOD DILEMMA
How Climate Change is causing the prices of Chocolate from Ecuador to rise
How Climate Change is causing the prices of Chocolate from Ecuador to rise
How Climate Change is causing the prices of Wine from British Columbia to rise
How Climate Change is causing the prices of Wine from British Columbia to rise
FOOD PRICES SKYROCKET
Newly arrived El Niño threatens to push costs higher across food, building materials, and other sectors, compounding supply disruptions already underway. (Paywall)
Climate change is converting one-off weather shocks into recurring events that devastate harvests and drive grocery prices higher, compounding inflation from geopolitical disruptions. (Paywall)
Schroders analysis warns a strong El Niño compounding fertilizer shortages and drought could historically imply a doubling of global food prices — with wheat and sugar seen as most exposed.
Audio feature connecting extreme weather events — specifically the 2022 European heatwave — to lasting food price increases, with analysis on how climate disruptions ripple through supply chains.
Fortune reports 61% of the continental U.S. is under drought conditions and USDA's March forecast raised food price inflation for 2026 to 3.6%, with drought threatening to push livestock feed prices higher through the year.
USDA's April 24 Food Price Outlook shows beef prices 12.1% higher year-over-year and 63% of Lower 48 states in drought; fuel and fertilizer costs up 20-40% since the Iran war began are compounding climate-driven supply pressures.
KITCHEN STAPLES
FOOD CRISIS CONTINUES
Extreme weather is ravaging arabica harvests in Brazil, the world’s largest coffee producer, turning a cup of joe into something of a luxury item.
Extreme weather is ravaging arabica harvests in Brazil, the world’s largest coffee producer, turning a cup of joe into something of a luxury item.