Green leader says ministers must stop ‘hiding the truth’ about threat to UK security from climate and nature crisisZack Polanski will challenge Andy Burnham’s government to publish an unredacted version of an explosive report by...
Read MoreThis summer’s extreme weather and wars in Iran and Ukraine have made our need for food stockpiles more pressing than everWhen a business makes long-term plans, they call it prudence. When a government makes long-term plans, they...
Read MoreGovernment’s food security push is said to rely on animal feed imports with vulnerability to supply chain shocksThe government’s planned poultry sector growth plan is a risk to national security, campaigners have warned.Earlier...
Read MoreUK foreign secretary says urgent pressure needed to get strait of Hormuz reopened and fertiliser and fuel movingGlobal fertiliser supplies must be freed up within weeks to avoid disaster, with harvests suffering and food prices...
Read MoreProf Tim Lang says country produces far less food than it needs to feed population and is particularly vulnerable The British government should be stockpiling food, according to a leading expert on food policy, as it is not...
Read MoreUK reduced funding by a third despite pledges to tackle hunger, with critics warning the move will cost livesKeir Starmer has been accused of hypocrisy after cutting funding to the World Food Programme by a third while pledging...
Read MoreSeaweed has become a key cash crop as climate change and industrial trawling test the resilient culture of the semi-nomadic Vezo peopleAlong Madagascar’s south-west coast, the Vezo people, who have fished the Mozambique Channel...
Read MoreFormer army and navy leaders urge government to think beyond military capability in advance of key defence reviewFormer military leaders are urging the UK government to widen its definition of national security to include...
Read MoreHeavy rain likely to cause low yields in Britain and other parts of Europe, with drought in Morocco hitting importsWhich UK foods are at risk?The UK faces food shortages and price rises as extreme weather linked to climate...
Read MoreForeign Office paper says not enough being done, with over half the population living on less than $1.90 a dayUK politics – latest updatesNew fears have arisen about the suitability of Rwanda as a destination to send UK asylum...
Read MoreFresh fruit and vegetables from Europe will be more expensive as drought and wildfires shrink suppliesA healthy diet in the UK will be put at risk by climate breakdown as European droughts shrink fresh fruit and vegetable...
Read MoreWater scarcity threatening agriculture faster than expected, warns Cop15 desertification presidentThe world is likely to face major disruption to food supplies well before temperatures rise by the 1.5C target, the president of...
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