NAO: UK has 'done too little' to prepare for climate-driven food shortages

Michael Holder
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National Audit Office urges government to work more closely with businesses to improve resilience of a food system facing intensifying threats

The government must ramp up efforts to work with households, communities, and businesses to bolster the resilience of the UK food system, as it faces "increasingly likely and severe shocks" such as climate...

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