Climate Impacts Could Lead to Drastic Increases in Food Prices over Coming Decades - Report

Climate impacts are likely to lead to drastic increases in the prices of common food-stuffs over the next few decades, according to a series of new studies from the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research.

The studies strongly suggest that the agricultural industry won’t be able to adapt fast enough to the shifting climatic patterns to prevent a decrease in production — hence rising prices.

While a rise due to expanding biofuel production is quite significant, it is absolutely dwarfed by the rise that is now expected to be caused by climate change.  The new research predicts increases in food prices as high as 25% by the year 2050 as a result of climate impacts.  That means up to 25% higher without even including important secondary effects, such as increased war/conflict, increasing levels of disease/plant diseases, increasing populations of common pests, etc.

Climate Impacts Could Lead to Drastic Increases in Food Prices over Coming Decades - Report