Climate crisis adds average £605 a year to UK household food bills, study finds
Report quantifies UK food inflation caused by extreme weather reducing global crop yields since end of 2021
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Report quantifies UK food inflation caused by extreme weather reducing global crop yields since end of 2021
Climate costs have added more to bills than the price of energy since the start of 2022, researchers have calculated.
Climate impacts have added £361 to annual food shops since beginning of 2022, research shows
Food price inflation remains at 10% with prices still near record highs as recent storms hit UK potato and vegetable harvests in the run up to Christmas.
The newly published Grid Connections Action Plan outlines an overhaul that could release 100GW of capacity from the connections queue and cut average connection times from five years to six months.