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Jun 28 • 9 tweets • 10 min read
⚠️Your food - being hammered by climate change NOW

News round-up:
➡️Italy rivers drying up, 30% of agriculture at risk
➡️Extreme heat & fires badly damaging Tunesia's crops
➡️2°C of warming may see SE Asia’s crop production decline by 1/3 per capita by 2040

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➡️Massive volumes of crops -in the field & already harvested- washed away by floods in Bangladesh
➡️“truly biblical” swarms of crickets thriving in heat & drought devouring crops in American West
➡️ UN: "a real risk that multiple famines will be declared in 2022"

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 #food #NEWS
➡️'desperate drought conditions' impacting crops across the United States
➡️Extreme weather battering farmers in India
➡️'Grain shortage could cause food crisis in Ireland' - by this winter!
➡️high temperatures, drought, record rains hitting crops across China

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 #food #NEWS
➡️Scottish Government warns that climate change means food security "is an issue here to stay."
➡️Heatwaves & low rainfall forcing farmers in Europe to use East African methods.
➡️ Climate change throwing off timing of key events, threatening ecosystem collapse.

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➡️Pakistan's mango harvest to fall by 50% due to heatwave, water shortage
➡️Water demand in key growing areas in India up 30% due to “high evaporative demand” (i.e. extreme heat)
➡️ Heat is a pollen killer - "At stake is much of our diet."

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 #food #NEWS
And while all this is happening-

World leaders virtually silent!

This is a HUGE crisis that is rapidly spiraling out of control.

Please share widely, talk about this with everyone you can & seek action however you can.

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 #food #NEWS
Sources:
Italy:
Tunesia:
SE Asia:
Bangladesh:
American West: ,
India:
Ireland:

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Sources (contd):

China:
Scotland:
Europe:
Timing:
Pakistan:
India water demand:
Pollen:

#food
Previous news roundups on food & climate:

#ClimateCrisis #food #NEWS #foodblog #foodblogger #AgTwitter #ActNow #agriculture #farming #water

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Jun 6
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…
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Jun 2
Current news on #food & #climate:

➡️ USA: *both* wheat crops -spring & winter wheat- in trouble

➡️Chile: more than 1/2 of the country's population in areas suffering "severe water scarcity"

➡️Australia: 'Biblical' flooding causes near-total loss of regional soybean crops
References:
1. USA:
2. Chile:
3. Australia:

#ClimateCrisis #food #water #USA #Chile #Australia
All these impacts will get worse

& worse

& 𝗺𝘂𝗰𝗵 worse

with unmitigated climate change

On the other hand, what happens when fossil fuel emissions are cut?

Immediate boosts in crop yields!

Something to consider in the midst of a global food crisis?
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May 31
⚠️'There are two wheat crops in the United States: spring wheat planted now, & winter wheat planted in autumn that will be harvested soon.

Both are in trouble.'

#ClimateCrisis #food #farming #AgTwitter #NEWS
kfgo.com/2022/05/31/u-s…
The United States is the world’s 4th-largest wheat exporter & 'problems are hitting output at a time when the world can ill afford to lose any more supplies'

Worsening harvest prospects in China, parts of Europe & Indian export ban.

#ClimateCrisis #food
kfgo.com/2022/05/31/u-s…
#ClimateCrisis exacerbated extremes at play-

Kansas- 'winter wheat harvest potential there has fallen by more than 25% due to severe drought. Kansas farmers may abandon thousands of acres of wheat in fields this year'

In North Dakota, an 'historic' blizzard & flooding
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Apr 18
Malaysia-

'The increasing recurrence of incalculable and terrible weather conditions has directly impacted the agricultural sector. It indicates a possible worrying future for the nation’s long-term food security.'

#ClimateCrisis #foodsecurity #Malaysia
aseaneconomist.com/climate-change…
Nebraska-

"The mental health side of this for producers is difficult. You have the chaos of it. Producers could see their cattle in the pasture, but because of the heat of the fires, they couldn’t do anything. It was moving so fast"

#ClimateCrisis #food
farmprogress.com/disaster/wildf…
Punjab-

'the extraordinary heatwave that occurred during the grain filling stage of wheat in March this year had a significant effect on crop production.'

#AgTwitter #food #farming
pragnews.com/national/wheat…
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Apr 14
Current research on microplastics is the stuff of nightmares-

They’re dangerous, they’re spread through our food, they're in the air... they’re everywhere

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#health #ClimateCrisis #PlasticPollution #food
Much of the research is trapped behind paywalls, and only reported on in a limited, fragmented pattern

-like so much else when large corporations cause environmental damage and impose widespread health impacts on the public

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 #health #ClimateCrisis #PlasticPollution #food
The growing risks of microplastics are a direct function of an ongoing push by the same sociopathic corporations that are driving the climate crisis

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#health #ClimateCrisis #PlasticPollution #food
cnbc.com/2022/01/29/how…
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Mar 4
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…
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