Climate Change Is Making Your Grocery Bill More Expensive
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)
In South Africa's affluent Western Cape, farmers lose cattle to drought
One of the worst droughts in living memory in South Africa's Western Cape is killing livestock and forcing farmers to spend heavily on feed, prompting a national emergency declaration as climate-worsened droughts intensify financial losses.
Plans to Scale Back Biden's Climate Law still on Latta's Agenda
House Republican Rep. Bob Latta claims his focus is on ensuring a balanced, future-focused energy policy, balancing economic needs and political realities while meauring potential approaches to Inflation Reduction Act rollbacks.
Senators seek answers on EPA effort to claw back $20 billion in climate funds
Brookings investigates why homeowners’ insurance premiums are rising, what role climate change is playing, and how policymakers might respond.
How is climate change impacting home insurance markets?
Brookings investigates why homeowners’ insurance premiums are rising, what role climate change is playing, and how policymakers might respond.
Opinion: Forget the billions. How much will climate change really cost your family?
More than half of U.S. adults say they have incurred costs due to an extreme weather event over the past 10 years
Climate impacts in the U.S. are ‘far-reaching and worsening,’ federal report finds
The federal government’s National Climate Assessment says the U.S. economy, environment and public health face deepening threats as the world grows hotter.
Natural Disasters Led to $250 Billion in Global Losses Last Year
Extreme storms and other natural disasters cost the world about $250 billion of losses last year, with less than half that amount actually covered by insurers.
After Losing Crops to Drought, Sicily Fears Losing Tourism, Too
Parts of southern Italy are experiencing generational level droughts. Authorities say they are working to at least save tourism.
Climate change is driving up food inflation globally – with catastrophic health effects
Global South countries, especially the continent of Africa, will bear the brunt of this, as is the case with other consequences of global warming.