Hannah Ritchie at By the Numbers:
This summer has been a hot one for many countries. With an extremely strong (and potentially record-breaking) El Niño on the way, next year is likely to be even hotter. If you’re interested, Zeke Hausfather at the Climate Brink has a very good article on how that is developing.
Two of my biggest concerns when it comes to climate change are the direct impacts of extreme heat and the impacts on food production. I’ve written a lot about both before.
If you’ve followed this Substack for a while, you’ll know that I often do periodic updates on how global food production has been faring in a warming world.
I do this by following the US Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) World Agricultural Production releases, which are updated monthly with the latest forecasts of production and yields for food products worldwide.
More here.
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