Crop yields set to plummet as drought and wildfires devastate food production

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In France alone, more than 40,000 hectares have been burned by a major blaze in Gironde – home to the Bordeaux wine producing region

The wildfires and drought conditions that have wreaked havoc across Europe this summer are a “clear” sign climate change represents “one of the greatest threats to European food security and food sovereignty”, experts have warned.

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