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Study reveals climate change risk to wheat

A European and US study led by Miroslav Trnka of the Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences has found that average global wheat prices could rise to…

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Study reveals climate change risk to wheat

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A European and US study led by Miroslav Trnka of the Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences has found that average global wheat prices could rise to USD 364/tonne if global warming continues. Based on the planet warming by around 3°C, the wheat price would be roughly three times the inflation‑adjusted price in 2010. Should global warming be capped at 2°C, the researchers predict the average wheat prices could reach USD 273/tonne. The report suggests this presents a growing climate‑related risk to one of the world’s most important crops. Wheat covers more land globally than rice or…