It might seem a minor issue, but chocolate is an important food commodity and most of us REALLY like it. Chocolate in drinks, chocolate in baking, chocolate as, well, chocolates. In 2022/23, global production of chocolate was around 5 million metric tonnes. Most of that production comes from a few countries in Africa (about 70%).
Unfortunately, Africa is also suffering from the effects of human-driven climate heating. A number of adverse conditions are on the rise in parts of Africa, such as Ivory Coast, Ghana, Cameroon and Nigeria. All have experienced increased heat, unusual rainfall and increases in plant diseases. Cocoa production has suffered and prices have increased as a result.
"The report calculated that over the last decade, climate change had added an extra three weeks of above 32C heat in Ivory Coast and Ghana during the main growing season between October and March.
Last year, the hottest year globally on record, they found that climate change drove temperatures above 32C on at least 42 days across two thirds of the areas analyzed."
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