Climate change is currently affecting grocery bills and food availability, with agricultural and transportation systems heavily contributing to emissions and being disrupted. A study predicts produce yields could decline by 35% by 2100, threatening global food security. Wealthy nations may feel insulated from immediate famine, but as food prices riseâparticularly for items like coffeeâno one is immune to these climate effects. In 2025, coffee prices are especially soaring due to drought conditions, indicating urgent challenges ahead as suitable growing regions shrink.
The energy-intensive agricultural and transportation systems that bring us strawberries in December and year-round coffee are contributing to climate change and being disrupted by it.
A recent Arizona State University study of global agriculture concluded that produce yields could fall 35% by 2100.
Arabic prices jumped by 80%, with wholesale prices reaching a nearly 50-year high, as Brazilâs drought conditions drive production down.
For now, wealthy countries are buffered from famine, but no one is immune to a changing climate.
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