Rising temperatures, erratic rainfall, and other climate impacts are throttling cocoa production and driving up chocolate ...

Rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns in West Africa, which supplies around 70% of the world's cacao, are ...

Rising cocoa prices, driven by climate change, are reshaping Valentine’s Day chocolates. Extreme heat and erratic rainfall in ...

Prices of cocoa surged by 136% between July 2022 and February 2024, and climate extremes in West Africa’s cocoa belt, which produces 70% of the world’s cocoa, are partly to blame.

The price of raw cocoa, chocolate’s key ingredient, has surged by 200% over the past year, a hike fueled by climate change.

Chocolate lovers are facing a bittersweet Valentine's Day as climate change threatens the future of cocoa production, ...

The traditional Valentine Day's gift of chocolates is under threat from climate change, campaigners have warned.

These four West African countries are responsible for producing approximately 70 per cent of the world’s cocoa, the key ...

Cocoa prices have risen 400 per cent to $12,218 (£9,800) per ton after droughts, floods and climate-related diseases hit west African cocoa farmers last year, it says. Higher temperatures and ...