Japan predicts global beer shortage due to climate change

Weather instability could lead to a drop in barley and hop yields in France, Poland and the Czech Republic The world is facing a beer shortage. The reason is climate change. The head of the Japanese brewing company Asahi, Atsushi Katsuki, expects that higher temperatures will reduce barley yields and the quality of hops, writes the Financial Times. The spring barley harvest in France could decline by 18% by 2050, and in Poland by 15%. The quality of hops, a key component of beer, will fall by 25% in one of the world's largest hop producers, the Czech Republic. The head of the company added that unstable weather conditions in recent years have ...