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Experts explain the effects of global weather disruptions on advanced economies

a worker of the Brazilian enterprise of Sao Paulo state, that provides water and sewage services to residential, commercial and industrial areas looks at the cracked ground of Jaguary dam in Braganca Paulista, 100 km from Sao Paulo January 31, 2014. This has been the hottest January on record in parts of Brazil, and the heat plus a severe drought has fanned fears of water shortages, crop damage, and higher electricity bills

Climate change is due to cause more extreme weather events. Image: REUTERS/Nacho Doce

Jasmien De Winne
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Gert Peersman
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a diagram of the evolution of global real food commodity prices over time
The evolution of global real food commodity prices over time Image: VoxEu
a diagram showing the shifts caused by harvest disruptions and weather shocks
The shifts caused by harvest disruptions and weather shocks. Image: VoxEu
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