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Environmental disruptions due to climate change are causing cacao trees to die, raising chocolate prices and underscoring the need for sustainable cocoa efforts in the U.S. and Europe.
Cacao trees are sensitive to environmental changes and don’t produce beans well in diverse conditions and extreme weather, which is bringing adversity to farmers and the chocolate business. It takes new cacao trees at least three years to produce beans. “Extreme weather and changing climate patterns have upended crop harvests, which are expected to fall short for the third year in a row, tightening global supplies and raising prices,” UNCTAD stated, citing its commodities price figures. “The cost of cocoa, the key ingredient for making the beloved sweets, shot up by 136% between July 2022 and February 2024.”
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