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By Linnea Lueken<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A recent online article, \u201cHere Are The Foods Hit Hardest By Climate Change In 2023<\/a>,\u201d claims that grapes and wine, blueberries, olives and olive oil, rice, and potatoes, are uniquely threatened by climate change, and suffered declines in production this year because of it. This is false. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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All crops have good and bad production years in different regions of the world, and data shows that each of these crops have increased dramatically as the planet has modestly warmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Senior contributor Daphne Ewing-Chow writes that recently, \u201cglobal food security has been impacted by an increase in climate change related extreme weather.\u201d She claims that extreme weather has lately been \u201ccharacterized by hotter, prolonged, and more frequent heatwaves, and when coupled with associated consequences such as droughts, wildfires, and subsequent floods following rain, they have had severe impacts on food production.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ewing-Chow lists grapes and wine, blueberries, olives and olive oil, rice, and potatoes, as particularly threatened, each getting its own section. Ewing-Chow\u2019s claims about extreme weather<\/a> are false, as Climate Realism<\/em> has shown repeatedly, so for brevity\u2019s sake this post focuses on her false crop production assertions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forbes claims that grapes and therefore wine production are suffering from climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ewing-Chow writes that \u201c[t]he International Organization of Vine and Wine (OIV) estimates that in 2023, global wine production was at its lowest in more than 30 years\u2014 with a reduction in grape yields of approximately 7% over 2022.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s important to note that wine production is complex and doesn\u2019t always translate directly to how many grapes are grown, it also depends on markets and demand, which is clearly the driving force behind 2022\u2019s low wine production, because while OIV reports that grape yields were down in 2022, the United Nations\u2019 Food and Agriculture Organization data<\/a> show the long term trend is positive. (See Figure below)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From 1990 to 2022:<\/p>\n\n\n\n