Food, energy& cost of living protests, 2022 By Naomi Hossain and Jeffrey Hallock December 2022 There was an unprecedented global wave of more than 12,500 protests about food, energy and the rising cost of living in 2022. Most protests were triggered not by generalised price rises or shortages, but by specific governmental failures to act to protect citizens against their effects. This analysis shows that cost of living protests unite people across societies on grievances that are deeply and widely shared.