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Key commodities at risk: the impacts of super El Niño on food supply

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This week: Andrew Coburn, chair and founder at climate experts Risilience, talks with Innovation Forum’s Ian Welsh about the coming super El Niño and its threat to global food supply chains. They discuss new research putting crop losses at up to $375bn, with rice, wheat, coffee and palm oil among the commodities exposed, and why agri-sector companies need to be acting now.

And, fossil fuel emissions set to fall in 2026 amid Hormuz crisis; PaperFlex Consortium launched for paper-based packaging; Avantium and Klöckner Pentaplast partner on plant-based polymer; and, plastic pollution costs Vietnamese fishers a fifth of revenue, in the news digest.

Join Risilience, Innovation Forum and industry peers in London on 20 October to explore how market leaders are leveraging advanced analytics to translate complex climate and nature risks into the metrics that matter most: ROI, capital allocation, and value protection. Register your interest here.

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Ian Welsh

Co-founder and Chair

Hosted by

Ian Welsh

Co-founder and Chair

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