https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=50518 Climate-driven extreme heat and drought events have caused sharp spikes in staple food prices, exceeding historical precedents and attributed largely to warming. These shocks raise headline inflation, complicate price stability, and disproportionately harm low-income households by reducing food affordability and diet quality, with attendant public health and inequality risks. The study urges urgent greenhouse gas mitigation and recommends anticipatory measures-using seasonal climate predictions to forecast price shocks-and targeted social support, making food affordability an explicit policy priority to mitigate health and political impacts. en-us Fri, 25 Jul 2025 13:46:02 +0530 Fri, 25 Jul 2025 13:46:02 +0530 TaxTMI RSS Generator https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=50518 Climate-driven extreme heat and drought events have caused sharp spikes in staple food prices, exceeding historical precedents and attributed largely to warming. These shocks raise headline inflation, complicate price stability, and disproportionately harm low-income households by reducing food affordability and diet quality, with attendant public health and inequality risks. The study urges urgent greenhouse gas mitigation and recommends anticipatory measures-using seasonal climate predictions to forecast price shocks-and targeted social support, making food affordability an explicit policy priority to mitigate health and political impacts. News - Fri, 25 Jul 2025 13:46:02 +0530 https://www.taxtmi.com/news?id=50518