Thread by @JimBair62221006

The #ClimateCrisis, buried in aggregate economic indicators:

A spike in inflation in #India "caused by food prices...a sharp rise in the price of vegetables... pulses... attributed to supply shocks caused largely by extreme weather events"

#foodsecurity
bit.ly/38iVDaJ

Food prices nearly double in Kenya

"economist Ken Gichinga attributes the rise to erratic weather conditions that hit various parts of the country late 2019"

Where is the media?

The doom is here. We don't need prophets.

#ClimateCrisis #foodsecurity
bit.ly/38A5rNF

☝️...Anyone see a pattern?

In Sri Lanka:

"It is well-known that vegetable prices wrere going up rapidly in the last few months...The main reason for this is the climate anomalies...some crops were completely destroyed"

#ClimateCrisis #food #SriLanka
bit.ly/2GfSAEA

Oh my.

India, Sri Lanka, Kenya, & now: 
the Philippines

"Although inflation overshot consensus expectations in January, it largely reflects a temporary increase in food prices following weather-related crop damage"
bit.ly/2tN1C9b

#ClimateCrisis #foodsecurity #economy

'Food prices shot up': floods spark scramble for survival in east Africa

Somalia, Tanzania, Rwanda, Uganda among those impacted

‘Each time disaster hits, it gets harder to recover’

#ClimateCrisis #Africa #Uganda #Rwanda #Somalia #Tanzania #foodsecurity
bit.ly/2GhAD8z

In Australia:

The combination of drought & wildfires has seen “crops incinerated & distribution networks in disarray"

Apple prices up 50-60%, avocados doubled

This may be fleeting for now, but disasters will increase in frequency & intensity. Then what?
yhoo.it/37BJtK4

Changing Weather to Push Rwanda Inflation, Central Bank Says

"Unexpectedly heavy rains in the second half of 2019 caused some crop damage and food inflation reached 23.8% in December"

#ClimateCrisis #foodsecurity #Rwanda #Africa #ClimateChange
bit.ly/2NZIETK

Pakistan:

Recent food price inflation via: "massive floods", a "prolonged heatwave" & more

"There is an urgent need to map the impact of changing weather pattern on crops and its impact on inflation due to food shortage."

#ClimateCrisis #foodsecurity
bit.ly/37CPC9c

Thailand Drought Drives Up Rice Cost-

India’s rice export price at ~4mo peak “on increased demand from buyers in Africa…as a persistent drought in Thailand squeezes supply"

"Meanwhile, Bangladesh undertook measures to combat a spike in domestic prices"
bit.ly/3b9YCo8

Climate related food price shocks in 4 continents now:

"Skyrocketing vegetable prices in the Czech Republic due to extreme weather in Spain"

In recent weeks, Spain has been struggling with the impact of snowstorms, storms & floods.

#ClimateCrisis #food
bit.ly/2S2M2jc

Rice price increases due to #ExtremeWeather:

Driving inflation in Thailand (bit.ly/39fMBM8) &

🔸️Noted as a factor in world food price inflation ( bit.ly/3bnCyXy)🔸️

An early warning on how #ClimateCrisis impacts will ripple through the world economy.