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Mar 4 5 tweets 4 min read
And just like that,

#ClimateCrisis exacerbated extreme weather is now a major factor exacerbating shortfalls of a major global food commodity

Canada's 2021 drought 'zapped as much as 40% of Western Canada’s grain output'- right when it is needed the most
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
☝️This couldn't have come at a worse time, and is another example of how cruel a threat multiplier climate change can be.

Hopefully the international community will work to address this-

Many lives are at stake.

#ClimateCrisis #UkraineRussianWar #food
'We’ve heard Putin say that he intends to have Russia benefit from the climate crisis...[he] is trying to hoard agricultural lands for Russia’s food security, thereby also increasing the world’s future dependence on Russia in agricultural markets'
#Ukraine
carnegieeurope.eu/2022/03/04/rus…
'The majority of wheat stocks not in the hands of major exporters are now in one country, China, which is expected to account for 131 million tonnes, or 47%, of global inventories at the end of the current season'

#foodsecurity #China #wheat
reuters.com/business/russi…
And at the same time:

'The condition of China's winter wheat crop could be the "worst in history", the agriculture minister said on Saturday, raising concerns about grain supplies in the world's biggest wheat consumer'

#ClimateCrisis #China #foodsecurity
reuters.com/business/china…

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Jan 29
'The study suggests... widespread drying & increases in agricultural drought by up to 200% over most of the Americas... Europe & the Mediterranean region, southern Africa, Southeast Asia, & Australia under moderate-high emissions'

#ClimateCrisis #NEWS
phys.org/news/2022-01-s…
Already

'children walk among carcasses of animals dead from hunger & exhaustion, a stark image of the drought threatening millions...

Somalia, Kenya, & now Ethiopia have raised the alarm about the latest climate shock to a fragile region'

#ClimateCrisis
cp24.com/world/millions…
Portugal-

Drought threatens farming & results in near halt of electricity from 5 hydro dams

Unmitigated climate change to "drastically increase the frequency, duration & intensity of summer droughts in many European regions”

#ClimateCrisis #Portugal
euractiv.com/section/climat…
Read 36 tweets
Oct 5, 2021
Echoing others who have noted that we don't have a carbon budget:

Cumulative historical emissions have already resulted in millions of lives being impacted via increased frequency of droughts causing acute food insecurity.

#ClimateCrisis
theconversation.com/scientists-sou…
"Global emissions have resulted in the rapid warming of the west Pacific, resulting in more rain around Indonesia and concerning but predictable rainfall deficits in arid, food-insecure eastern Kenya, Somalia, and Ethiopia."

theconversation.com/scientists-sou…
Ongoing subsidies to oil and gas, & other policy decisions that unnecessarily increase emissions are policy decisions that condemn thousands, if not many more, to suffering and death.

Politicians who make these decisions must be held accountable.

theconversation.com/scientists-sou…
Read 4 tweets
Sep 10, 2021
'Hurricane Ida ... took its toll on American agriculture, in ways both obvious and subtle'

Severe winds & flooding damaging crops, seawater infiltration, damage to ports...

#ClimateCrisis #agriculture #HurricaneIda
modernfarmer.com/2021/09/hurric…
'Everything is Gone’ New Jersey’s Largest Dairy Devastated by Hurricane Ida

-National Weather Service confirmed 5 tornadoes touched down in New Jersey & eastern Pennsylvania during the fierce thunderstorms triggered by the leftovers of Hurricane Ida

agweb.com/weather/everyt…
☝️in case you were wondering about the connection between hurricanes & tornadoes (I was) - see:

nytimes.com/2020/08/04/cli…
Read 7 tweets
Sep 3, 2021
Food security and climate change: a critical warning for humanity-

Thread synthesizing peer-reviewed research, current news, market intelligence analysis & more.

#CodeRed #ActNow #ClimateCrisis #foodblogger #foodsecurity #news
1/x Image
In sum:

1) Significant climate change impacts on food systems are already happening, & the risk of multi-breadbasket failures is increasing,

2) We will need to adapt, but

3) There are limits to adaptation - we urgently, urgently need to cut GHG emissions & draw down CO2.
2/x
This thread consists of 3 parts:

Part 1 - The Present
Part 2 - Warnings
Part 3 - Choosing our Future

3/x
Read 94 tweets
Aug 25, 2021
'It's not just harvests in the U.S. that are suffering — worldwide grain inventories are "dwindling"'

#ClimateCrisis #foodblogger #foodtwitter
yahoo.com/news/extreme-h…
And it's not just the crops:

“We are seeing a lot of despair right now, a lot of fear, a lot of anxiety" 

“We've got a lot of multi-generational farmers that are worried, ‘Am I going to be the one this year that can't make this farm last and sustain?’"

mprnews.org/story/2021/08/…
One current example:

'Kazakhstan expects its 2021 grain crop to contract by 24% to 15.3mn tonnes amid the major drought across much of Eurasia that has hit main grain producing regions'

#ClimateCrisis #foodblogger #FoodTwitter
intellinews.com/kazakhstan-set…
Read 6 tweets
Mar 12, 2021
I am (likely unwisely) wandering into the fray of the current ‘doomism’ debate.

Let me start by saying I offer no clear solutions, just nuance for consideration; admit culpability to being doomist at times; and blame no one except for the fossil fuel companies...
...that have pushed us into this corner where we are anxious, frustrated and exhausted from the challenges of what at times seems like an intractable problem.

My hope is that we can all work and engage respectfully and work towards effective #ClimateAction, recognizing:
-on the one hand that climate scientists have no doubt dealt with tremendous bullying, harassment and misinformation, all the while being ignored and downplayed by government after government (I really can’t imagine the stress and angst this would engender)
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