Global warming could increase food costs worldwide by 3.2 trillion yuan per year by 2035, the study estimates. It will hit countries in the global South hardest, but will not spare more developed economies. The impact of climate change on food prices will spread across the world, largely due to rising temperatures. published in Communications Earth & Environment .

“Higher temperatures consistently increase food inflation in both high- and low-income countries,” the study says. “The effects vary across seasons and regions depending on climate patterns, with additional impacts resulting from daily temperature variability and extreme precipitation.” Overall, at the global level, the impact of climate change on food prices could increase inflation by 0.9–3.2 % per year by 2035, and increase overall inflation by 0.3–1 %, 0.1 % per year. (More on rinnovabili.it)