World must do more to tackle food shock risks, warns Sir David King

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Government's special representative on Climate Change backs findings of new report which warns of growing risk of food shortages

The world can no longer ignore the potentially huge impacts climate change could have on global food supplies and prices, the government's former chief scientist will warn today. A new report, drawn...

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