Climate crisis and energy costs fuel £600 rise in UK household food bill, analysis finds
- UK families are paying £605 more for their food than they did two years ago, primarily due to climate change, says a report by researchers.
- Extreme weather, including flooding and heatwaves, has damaged crops and led to a rise in food prices, impacting staple products like olive oil, sugar, rice, and tomatoes.
- With the severity of climate change increasing, experts warn that high food prices are likely to persist in the UK, which imports nearly half of its food.
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Climate crisis and energy costs fuel £600 rise in UK household food bill, analysis finds
Extreme weather contributing one-third of all food price inflation with worse to come in 2024, warn climate researchersBritish households’ food bills have been driven up by more than £600 over the past two years by the global climate emergency and soaring energy prices, according to a report warning of further increases to come in 2024.Sounding the alarm over the impact from increasing extreme weather patterns for food production, the Energy and…
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