Too hot for hot chocolate?
Seriously, we need to solve the climate crisis: In the coming decades, climate change could severely limit production in the region — disrupting local farmers and squeezing global chocolate supply.
Half of the world’s cocoa supply comes from the West African countries of Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire. But in the coming decades, climate change could severely limit production in the region — disrupting local farmers and squeezing global chocolate supply.
A new report out from the International Center for Tropical Agriculture finds that between 2030 and 2050, land area suitable for cocoa production will fall dramatically. While rising temperatures and changing rainfall pattern may shift cocoa production to land currently not suitable, the net impact to this $9 billion-per-year industry could be severe.
The news release makes clear that climate change is already having an impact on cocoa crops.
Read the whole story by Stephen Lacey at ThinkProgress.org
