Climateflation: Study shows how extreme weather is to blame for rising food prices

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Household staples such as butter and coffee are driving food price inflation, with extreme weather continuing to drive up cost of living, new ECIU analysis warns

Prices for foods that are most vulnerable to climate-driven extreme weather - such as chocolate, butter, coffee, and milk - are climbing more than four times faster than the rate of inflation for other...

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