Food costs more because of climate change - and it will get worse

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Rising temperatures are predicted to drive up food inflation by between 0.9 and 3.2 per cent a year by 2035, as crop yields suffer from extreme heat

You are already paying more and more for food due to global warming – and rising temperatures will drive food prices a lot higher in the next decade.

What is more, the effects on prices are long-lasting. “Once the prices have increased on the basis of one of these shocks, they stay higher for at least the rest of the year,” says Kotz.

 

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