'World leaders must not slip up': 60 per cent of best banana growing regions could be lost by 2080

Stuart Stone
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Christian Aid warns world's fourth most imported food crop is at growing risk from severe climate impacts

Christian Aid has today urged world leaders not to "slip up" in the delivery of climate finance and decarbonisation pledges, after a new report warned 60 per cent of the best banana growing regions are...

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