UK food security hit by climate impacts at home and abroad, analysis warns
The IndependentSign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Get our free Climate email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy British food security is being hit by a double whammy of climate change impacts at home and in the countries it imports products from, analysis warns. Key crops from potatoes and onions to wheat and sugar are being hit by damaging heat, drought and floods around the world, pushing up prices and threatening food security, an assessment from think tank the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit says. The end result is our food security is at risk, with prices of staples that we grow at home and import both pushed up by shortages Gareth Redmond-King, ECIU Its analysis highlights the UK imports around half the food we eat, with around half of that made up of commodities we cannot grown here, including cocoa, bananas and coffee. “The end result is our food security is at risk, with prices of staples that we grow at home and import both pushed up by shortages.” He said the only solution to avert “ever worse extremes” was to reach net zero emissions, while farmers needed help to adapt food production to temperature rises already baked in.
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