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Implications of more extreme weather events

Climate change is already making extreme weather events more frequent and more intense, which will worsen as the planet warms further. This is most likely to cause short-term disruptions to economic growth in some EMs. What’s more, it could result in more volatile inflation in all economies if internationally traded commodities are affected more frequently.

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