Climate change is making it difficult for olive oil to reach a reasonable price, says Jaime Lillo. Lillo is the first Spanish executive director of the International Olive Council (IOC) In Spain, drought and untimely heat waves in the middle of spring are behind the drop in production by half, he says.

The olive tree has an extraordinary capacity to adapt, but it needs time, and it is in it, says Lillo, who maintains that all types of production are possible.