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Environment & climate change Articles

Food in a world of nine billion

Labour in government recognised the central importance of food to our economy and way of life. We set up a Cabinet Office enquiry into the food sector: Food 2030 was the first national plan for food since the second world war. We took action to improve supply chains...
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Combating global hunger and rising food prices

Food is fast becoming one of the defining political issues of this century. Last week the G20 held its first ever agricultural ministers’ summit in Paris to discuss rising food prices and the impacts of commodity trading.  Similarly, the OECD and UN Food and Agricultural Organisation last month published a new report saying that high prices are here to stay.  

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Not ‘bunnyhugger’ but a serious agenda

This weekend saw the launch of Haringey 40:20 by our council – a membership organisation bringing together businesses, community groups, and all those living and working in Haringey to support and drive action to deliver on our promise to cut carbon emissions by 40 per cent by 2020.

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Debate the big green questions

This week Labour’s environment team launches the green strand of our policy review.

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