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Climate-related food inflation and social risks: economic and financial sector implications

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  • Weston, Alexander
  • Tyson, Judith

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Social risks are underexplored in mainstream climate change analysis and largely excluded from the analytical work of institutions such as the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS). Yet they are widely recognised as a material consequence of climate change. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), for example, has linked climate change to adverse outcomes including food insecurity, migration and conflict. Social risks are the potential adverse effects of events or circumstances on the welfare of individuals and societies, and on the stability and cohesion of the social fabric. They range from effects on jobs, income, assets, education and health at the individual level, to broader ‘social-macro’ consequences such as social and political instability, civil unrest, migration and conflict. This report provides an initial investigation of climate-related social risks and their consequences for the economy and financial sector, focusing on one salient risk – climate-related food price inflation. It aims to contribute to efforts to better understand and incorporate social risks into climate change discourse and the analytical work of relevant international bodies.

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  • Weston, Alexander & Tyson, Judith, 2026. "Climate-related food inflation and social risks: economic and financial sector implications," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 140166, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
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