Financial Time (paywall): Asahi’s chief executive has warned that climate change could lead to beer shortages as warmer temperatures hit barley and hops supplies around the world. Atsushi Katsuki, who has headed the Japanese brewer since 2021, said analysis conducted by the company found that global warming was set to reduce barley yields and the…
Barley supplies could shrink by as much as a quarter in major exporters in a worst-case climate change scenario, Asahi CEO Atsushi Katsuki told the FT.
Beer could be facing an existential crisis as climate change looks set to hammer Europe’s vital barley supplies, a major brewing chief has said. Speaking to…