The UK faces food shortages and price rises as extreme weather linked to climate breakdown causes low yields on farms locally and abroad. Record rainfall…
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Tories urged to end ‘idiotic’ £1.8bn tax break for UK fishing fleet
The government needs to urgently end polluting tax breaks for the UK fishing fleet that threaten to “empty the ocean of fish”, say conservationists, after…
View More Tories urged to end ‘idiotic’ £1.8bn tax break for UK fishing fleetGlobal heating likely to hit world food supply before 1.5C, says UN expert
The world is likely to face major disruption to food supplies well before temperatures rise by the 1.5C target, the president of the UN’s desertification…
View More Global heating likely to hit world food supply before 1.5C, says UN expertRampant heatwaves threaten food security of entire planet, scientists warn
Successive heatwaves threaten nature’s ability to provide us with food, say researchers, as they warn of an “unseen, silent dying” in our oceans amid record…
View More Rampant heatwaves threaten food security of entire planet, scientists warnInsect decline a threat to fruit crops and food security, scientists warn MPs
Fruit growers in the UK are already seeing less yield and lower-quality produce because of the loss of insects, scientists have told MPs, warning that…
View More Insect decline a threat to fruit crops and food security, scientists warn MPsFungal attacks threaten global food supply, say experts
Fast-rising fungal attacks on the world’s most important crops threaten the planet’s future food supply, scientists have said, warning that failing to tackle fungal pathogens…
View More Fungal attacks threaten global food supply, say expertsScientists warn of ‘phosphogeddon’ as critical fertiliser shortages loom
Our planet faces “phosphogeddon”, scientists have warned. They fear our misuse of phosphorus could lead to deadly shortages of fertilisers that would disrupt global food…
View More Scientists warn of ‘phosphogeddon’ as critical fertiliser shortages loomThe hidden underwater forests that could help tackle the climate crisis
Bubbles stream furiously behind Frank Hurd as he gently parts the curtains of giant kelp. Green and gold ribbons reach upwards through the cold waters…
View More The hidden underwater forests that could help tackle the climate crisisEmbrace what may be the most important green technology ever. It could save us all | George Monbiot
So what do we do now? After 27 summits and no effective action, it seems that the real purpose was to keep us talking. If…
View More Embrace what may be the most important green technology ever. It could save us all | George MonbiotBlue corn and melons: meet the seed keepers reviving ancient, resilient crops
On a windy winter day in Acoma Pueblo in north-eastern New Mexico, Aaron Lowden knelt beside a field near the San Jose River, the tribe’s…
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