Thread by @JimBair62221006

And the hits keep coming-

"Farms across France were hit by heavy hail and fierce storms over the weekend... while their counterparts in Italy warned of the impact of drought on crop yields."

Dark times ahead.

#ClimateCrisis #food #France #Italy #Europe
reuters.com/markets/commod…

In France, the world's 4th largest wheat exporter- 'Hail, strong winds & torrential rain caused damage... affecting wheat as well as fruit crops & vineyards'

"The damage is very significant, with some farms seeing 100% of their crop affected"

#food #farm
reuters.com/markets/commod…

Italy-

'Italy has received only half the usual rainfall levels so far in 2022, according to agricultural lobby Coldiretti, which estimates the cost of lost production at close to 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion)'

#ClimateCrisis #food #water #Italy
reuters.com/markets/commod…

Are world leaders so inept that they don't see what's coming down the tracks?

'This Year's American Wheat Harvest Has Been Awful

After years of drought came endless rain.'

#ClimateCrisis #USpolitics #food #farming #AgTwitter #ClimateActionNow!
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

'the climate crisis was definitely a contributor to this year’s global food cost inflation... climate-related food shortages could lead to political instability, failed states & millions of refugees moving in desperation'

-World Food Programme Director

independent.co.uk/climate-change…

'60% of the recent food price inflation occurred before Putin invaded Ukraine. The climate crisis was lurking behind almost every food emergency that the WFP is dealing with.'

#ClimateCrisis #food #inflation #NEWS
independent.co.uk/climate-change…

Syria-

"Climate change has affected us as farmers, with water scarcity, poor production, less rainfall and weather changes"

"Climate conditions have affected the production and quality" of wheat crops

#ClimateCrisis #food #Syria
#followbackclimate
phys.org/news/2022-06-s…

Somalia-

Nearly 250,000 people facing starvation

As a fourth consecutive rainy season has failed

'meteorologists were warning of another below-average rainy season later this year as the world's climate becomes more erratic.'

#ClimateCrisis #food
reuters.com/world/africa/f…

Australia-

'Lockyer Valley lettuce farmers devastated by a sequence of natural disasters are in dire need of a multi-million-dollar relief package to prevent them leaving the industry'

Some growers have lost 3 crops in a row

#ClimateCrisis #auspol #food
abc.net.au/news/2022-06-0…

“Conditions now are much worse than during the Arab Spring in 2011 and 2007-2008 food price crisis, when 48 countries were rocked by political unrest, riots and protests”

#inflation #ClimateCrisis #food #foodblog #security #farming
abcnews.go.com/Health/wireSto…

'Climate shocks have started to shake the agricultural system of Pakistan. This year, the wheat crop has felt the severe impact of abrupt fluctuations in temperature...the impact of climate change is also evident in the case of mango production.'

#climate
tribune.com.pk/story/2360219/…

India-

Climate change is having adverse impact on agriculture

“Not just production but quality of crop is being affected too. In fact climate change is making an impact across the globe”

#ClimateCrisis #India #food #farming #agriculture #NEWS
hindustantimes.com/cities/lucknow…

🧵 Jamaica too

Farms everywhere being slammed by climate change!

'Climate change is starting to have a devastating impact on Jamaica’s farmers and their crop production.'

#ClimateCrisis #food #farming #agriculture #agri #Jamaica
iriefm.net/agricultural-s…

U.S. Midwest-

"We’re really starting to see impacts from climate and extreme weather accelerate"

Contributing to massive dust storms and loss of topsoil throughout the Great Plains

#ClimateCrisis #food #farming
civileats.com/2022/06/06/a-w…

'California is the U.S.’s produce aisle. The state grows more than a third of the country’s domestically harvested vegetables & two-thirds of our fruit & nuts...Right now, farmers are struggling to meet their needs with what’s available.'

#ClimateCrisis
gizmodo.com/the-u-s-drough…

'Because of water shortages, hundreds of thousands of acres are sitting stagnant, without any crops growing. An estimated 400,000 acres of cropland were idled because of lack of water last year... & things have continued to get worse.'
#ClimateCrisis #food
gizmodo.com/the-u-s-drough…

🧵 'China's agricultural ministry conceded in March that the country is staring at the worst-ever crop harvest in 2022 on the back of record floods & other natural catastrophes last year'

#China #food #farming #ClimateCrisis #NEWS
spglobal.com/commodityinsig…

🧵'Global warming is adversely affecting crop yields across the world, especially China, researchers said. So, unless there is a universal collective resolve to rein in climate change, Beijing is fighting a losing battle'

#China #food #ClimateCrisis #NEWS
spglobal.com/commodityinsig…

🚨Pay attention! 🚨

🧵'Climate change regularly destroys harvests, especially in key regions such as the southwestern United States, the source of most of North America’s fruits & vegetables. And food supplies are dwindling.'

#ClimateCrisis #food
financialpost.com/commodities/ag…

🧵'The United Nations keeps track of the “supply-to-use” ratio, which is a measure of how much food we use compared with how much we produce. This ratio has been declining for years'

#ClimateCrisis #food #inflation #NEWS
financialpost.com/commodities/ag…