Regno Unito, Stati Uniti, l’Etiopia vedono gli shock dei prezzi alimentari dagli estremi climatici, “sollevare preoccupazioni” per la salute dei bambini

> Amber Sawyer, analyst at the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), said: “Last year, the UK had its third worst arable harvest on record [10], and England its second worst [11], following extreme rainfall that scientists said was made worse by climate change [12].

> “But it’s not just that. British farmers have been yo-yoing between extremes for the past few years. They’ve gone from having to contend with extreme heat in 2022, when temperatures reached 40°C for the first time [12], to extreme rain in 2023 [2], both of which ruined their crops. Fast forward to now, and they’ve just faced the warmest spring since records began and the sixth driest [13], followed by the second hottest June [14]. For them, climate change isn’t a distant warning: it’s a reality they’re living every day. It’s no wonder that 80% of British farmers are concerned about the impact of climate change on their ability to make a living [15].

> “These extremes are also hitting consumers. In the UK, climate change added £360 to the average household food bill across 2022 and 2023 alone [16]. We’ve seen much more extreme weather since then.”

> The world has currently warmed by an average of about 1.3°C [17] above pre-industrial levels, but analysis by the UN has found that the current trajectory is for around 3°C of warming [18], which it says will be ‘debilitating’.

> 2023 [19], the hottest year ever recorded, was then overtaken by 2024 [17]. As early as December last year, experts at the UK Met Office predicted that 2025 will be one of the top three hottest years alongside them [20]. So far this year, the UK has experienced it’s hottest spring [13] and second hottest June [14] since records began.

> While the 2023/24 El Niño likely played a role in amplifying these extremes, their increased frequency and intensity is in line with the expected and observed effects of human-induced climate change.

Yep, its nothing to do with the government policy of flooding farmland, or the decision to wildly increase taxes on farming.

Its global warming

I believe 2 of the 3 are price gauging mother duckers (I ain’t going to swear because the UK government at the minute will probably arrest me

Currently in Italy.

Supermarkets opening like daisies, stocked, staffed, clean, with only one big name change coming to a known chain.

Prices mostly same since last year.

Of this trio:

One’s flipped off most of its allies and wants to retain the advantages of both the west/brics block, failing 

One’s got a president that is, in turn, flipping everyone off with tariffs.

And, well, Ethiopia…