date:Sep 07, 2012
s. But extreme weather events like the current US drought can wipe out entire harvests and trigger dramatic food price spikes.
We will all feel the impact as prices spike but the poorest people will be hit hardest.
The huge potential impact of extreme weather events on future food prices is missing from todays climate change debate. The world needs to wake up to the drastic consequences facing our food system of climate inaction, Gore said.
The research also warns that climate shocks in