Report warns 'climateflation' could drive up UK food prices by over a third by 2050

Michael Holder
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North Curry Moor floods on the Somerset Levels | Credit: iStock
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North Curry Moor floods on the Somerset Levels | Credit: iStock

Autonomy Institute warns increasingly extreme and frequent weather disruption both at home and abroad – such as heatwaves and drought – could push millions into poverty

UK food inflation could rise by more than a third over the next two decades driven by the worsening climate crisis, potentially pushing up to one million Britons into poverty, according to fresh research...

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