What's Cooking? the
UK's potential food crisis
UK consumers could
face dramatically reduced food choices in the future unless much more is done
to cut greenhouse gas emissions, a hard-hitting University of Manchester report
warns.
The Sustainable
Consumption Institute research claims food which families now take for granted,
such as meat and fresh vegetables, could become too expensive for many if
global temperatures rise in line with the current trends and reach 4⁰C within
the lifetime of many people.
Even if families
continue to take steps to lower their carbon emissions from energy use, global
farming emissions will continue to rise because of our growing appetite for
energy-intensive foods and a rising demand to meet just basic living standards
across the world.
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