Top 10 Endangered Exports

Global leaders gather in Copenhagen on Dec. 7 to discuss a new international agreement on climate change. A hotter globe will have a profound effect on how we live our lives — and also on our economies. TIME looks at 10 exports — from Italian pasta to Argentine honey — that are likely to be hit as our climate shifts.

Italian Pasta

By TARA KELLY Friday, Dec. 04, 2009

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Scientists at the British Meteorological Office warn that Italy may soon be forced to import the basic ingredients to make pasta because climate change will make it impossible to grow durum wheat domestically. Rising temperatures and decreasing rainfall in the Mediterranean region mean Italy's wheat yields will start to decline from 2020, the scientists say. The crop could almost disappear from the country later this century.

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