All Climate articles
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Comment & OpinionRetailers need to stop taking British farmers for granted
Retailers – who often boast about their desire to ‘back British’ – are not walking the walk. Retailers must pay fair prices on top of their long-term contracts
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Comment & OpinionClimate-resilient customer service must become a boardroom priority
Climate reports count a weather-forced store closure as a long sale, not a lost customer. Retailers need to close the gap, says Jo Causon, CEO of the Institute of Customer Service
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NewsCarlsberg Britvic and The Rivers Trust launch 10-year river restoration partnership
The 10-year partnership will support several projects across the Warwickshire Avon catchment
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NewsUS judge dismisses JBS Slapp legal challenge over ‘misleading’ climate claims
JBS hit Mighty Earth with an anti-Slapp legal challenge in April as part of a bid to derail the campaign group’s ongoing lawsuit against it
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Comment & OpinionThe smoke hasn’t cleared and neither has the argument
Consumers haven’t stopped caring about sustainability, they’ve stopped trusted how it is communicated, says Ollie Lloyd, head of innovation at Hot Pickle Innovation Lab
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NewsUK faces worst harvest on record after summer drought
In the latest crop numbers from AHDB, spring barley is down by 17% compared to the UK five-year average, while oats are down 14% and winter wheat 11%
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Feature SynopsisFocus On Fish: 14 November
Overfishing, climate challenges and soaring energy costs are resulting in shortages of fish
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NewsOver 240 million litres of milk lost in record summer heat, data shows
Analysis from the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit showed that dairy farmers delivered over four days’ less milk than would be expected, equivalent to more than a billion school milk cartons
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NewsFood strategy enters next phase as Food Nation 2040
The IGD revealed today it has been asked by Defra to oversee the rollout of the new strategy
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NewsFears mounting over climate impact on food supplies, reports Fairtrade Foundation
Some 84% of UK consumers were concerned about the impact of climate change on food supplies, Fairtrade said
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NewsPotato crop down 3.5 million tonnes due to drought
New research from the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit has shown that drought and heatwaves will impact potato harvests to the equivalent of between €498m (£423m) and €818m (£701m) across five countries
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NewsWater bosses should ‘maintain momentum’ as drought continues, says government
The latest National Drought Group meeting revealed there was no change in status, with almost three-quarters of England remaining in drought
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NewsFood inflation to hold at 6% through 2026 and 2027, IGD says
The IGD has predicted food inflation will rise to 5.6% to 6.6% in 2027 and remain around 5.3% to 6.3% in 2028
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NewsWaitrose unveils ‘supermarket first’ Championing Regenerative Farming logo
Waitrose said the innovation ‘highlighted the start of the regenerative farming journey which Waitrose dairy farmers are practising on their farms’
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NewsFyffes aims for regenerative agriculture across banana and pineapple farms
The framework has set out a roadmap to achieve 100% integration of regenerative practices across 13,000 hectares of owned banana and pineapple farms by 2030
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NewsMediterranean food imports endangered by worker heat stress
Research published this week by the Energy & Climate Intelligence Unit revealed significant increases in the impact of rising temperatures on workers in the region
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Analysis & FeaturesHow can the UK’s vulnerable food supply be shored up?
With no sign of recent permacrises abating and ministers making noises about stockpiling, calls are ringing out for a strategy to ensure resilience
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NewsChristmas reprieve as FDF slashes food inflation estimates
Shoppers have been handed a Christmas reprieve in the ongoing cost of living crisis, as food inflation will now fall six points short of previous estimates by December
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NewsUK food self-sufficiency lower than 30 years ago, NFU says
The organisation’s Ready to Grow report showed the UK provides less of its own wheat, oilseed rape, fresh vegetables, fresh fruit, beef, poultry, eggs, pork, sugar and potatoes than it did 30 years ago
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Comment & OpinionLove lambs? Let’s build a food system that protects animals and tackles climate change
Most lambs in the UK undergo routine, painful mutilations that the government’s own advisors say can no longer be justified, says Waveney Valley MP Adrian Ramsay