EU climate hazard hotspots: more frequent, more intense and more co-occuring
Bioeconomies can help slowing down climate change but – as the central topic in this project – farmers, supply chains, households and governments may become more exposed to the impact of climate extremes on the supply and prices of food and non-food biobased products. Already, agricultural and food commodities have been reported to become more susceptible to climate extremes, in particular to droughts, floods and . Impacts of extreme events include lower crop yields, seed losses, insect infestation, storm damage and deterioration of soil organic content, .