No, Climate Change Isn't Behind A Chocolate Easter Egg Crisis - Climate Change Dispatch

The Daily Mail posted an alarming Easter-themed story saying climate change has caused the price of chocolate Easter eggs to increase. This is false. - H. Sterling Burnett

"Chocolate Easter eggs and other chocolate candies have seen prices increase; however, data prove it isn’t due to a shortage of cocoa beans since cocoa production has risen as the Earth has warmed... 
“According to researchers from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), a combination of wet heat waves and drought have battered this year’s cocoa harvest,” writes the Daily Mail.
The ECIU’s claim is false on several counts...

• West Africa set records for production 17 times during that period, most recently in 2022...

Because the climate in West Africa isn’t changing and cocoa production is setting records, one can hardly blame climate change for the higher costs of chocolate Easter eggs in the United Kingdom or anywhere else...

• The past two years wide weather swings across the globe have been dominated by the shift from a La Niña to a “strong El Niño year,” as the Daily Mail admits...
• Then there is the dramatic increase in inflation affecting most of the world, complicated by supply chain issues...

To conclude, there is no evidence climate change has played any role in the U.K.’s chocolate Easter egg crisis...