{"id":15189,"date":"2019-09-17T10:33:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-17T09:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/?p=15189"},"modified":"2019-09-17T10:34:55","modified_gmt":"2019-09-17T09:34:55","slug":"mps-say-that-climate-change-could-lead-to-food-shortages-in-the-uk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/mps-say-that-climate-change-could-lead-to-food-shortages-in-the-uk\/","title":{"rendered":"MPs say that climate change could lead to food shortages in the UK"},"content":{"rendered":"

The UK’s food supply may be at risk as a result of the impact of climate change on agriculture around the world. MPs said the government needs to acknowledge the risk to national food security from importing 400% of food\u00a0 from countries which are at risk of \u00a0“climate breakdown”.<\/span><\/p>\n

Environmental Audit Committee member Mary Creagh said:<\/strong> “We are facing a food security crisis, exacerbated by uncertainty over the UK’s future trading position with the EU and the rest of the world.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Ministers must now publish all the information they hold from Operation Yellowhammer on food security and likely costs in the event of a no-deal Brexit.<\/span><\/p>\n

“More people are living in cities at risk from over-heating and water shortages, they’re breathing polluted air, eating more fast food and getting less exercise. What’s needed is a planetary health champion to put this agenda at the heart of government.”<\/span><\/p>\n

The MPs also called for Public Health England to take on responsibility for adjusting to the effects of the climate emergency.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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A Government spokesman said:<\/strong> “We recognise the threat climate change poses to many facets of our national life, including our food production and supply, which is why the UK is the first major economy to legislate for net-zero emissions by 2050.<\/span><\/p>\n

“We already have a highly resilient food supply chain in the UK, and our National Food Strategy review is considering how we can further address the challenges of a changing climate and continue to deliver safe, healthy, affordable food now and for generations to come.”<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The UK’s food supply may be at risk as a result of the impact of climate change on agriculture around the world. MPs said the government needs to acknowledge the risk to national food security from importing 400% of food\u00a0 from countries which are at risk of \u00a0“climate breakdown”. Environmental Audit Committee member Mary Creagh…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":15192,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1129,249],"class_list":["post-15189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uk-news","tag-climate-change","tag-food"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15189"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15189\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15193,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15189\/revisions\/15193"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15192"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fiveminutesspare.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}