As 2025 closes with record-breaking temperatures, climate shocks are rewriting the rules of global food security. From vanishing crops to skyrocketing prices, here's why your grocery bill might become the newest climate dashboard.
The Heat is On
This year's back-to-back droughts in South Asia and floods in East Africa have slashed rice and wheat yields by 18%, WFP data shows. 'We’re seeing climate change play out in real time through empty grain silos,' says Richard Choularton, WFP’s climate strategist.
Building Resilience 2.0
At this week’s UN Environment Assembly, experts are pushing for:
Latin America’s new ‘Food Shield’ initiative – deploying AI to predict crop failures – could become a global blueprint, notes WFP’s Raphael Leão.
Your Plate, Their Future
With 34 countries now facing emergency-level food shortages, the climate-food connection has never been more personal. As Choularton puts it: 'Every meal in 2025 is a climate change story.'
