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Climate change: Global warming fruit and veg shortage could lead to 1,200 extra UK deaths a year by 2050

2016-03-03 00:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Telegraph: Climate change could lead to more than 1,200 extra deaths a year in the UK by 2050 as global warming causes fruit and vegetable shortages, new research suggests. The typical British diet will deteriorate as the effects of climate change hit crop production, resulting in supply shortages and pushing up prices, Oxford University researchers said. This will increase the number of deaths for which poor diet is a risk factor - more than offsetting a reduction in deaths from obesity that may be seen...

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