Articles 2020

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Farmers warn food shortages are just 10 days away – the signs suggest they’ve already arrived As farmers sound the alarm about a growing food crisis, experts say that Britain's food insecurity needs to be treated as a growing national security risk. As climate change and conflict affect fragile supply chains, the warnings are becoming impossible to ignore, writes disaster planner Lucy Easthope

Depuis environ deux mois, les Etats-Unis traversent l’épidémie de cyclosporose la plus grave de leur histoire. En effet, des milliers de cas d’infection intestinale parasitaire ont été recensés. Une enquête toujours en cours a déterminé la cause de la contamination : une simple laitue commercialisée dans une chaine de fast food.

Members of parliament have demanded full publication of an explosive report by the UK’s spy leaders that found the collapse of ecosystems overseas would have catastrophic consequences for the UK’s national security, warning that the UK has “no future” if the findings are not urgently acted on.

Weather cycle threatens harvests worldwide, adding to inflation already fuelled by the Iran war

L’association de défense des consommateurs Foodwatch a appelé l’Union européenne à revoir son projet sur la sécurité alimentaire et les contrôles de pesticides, après avoir décelé des substances interdites dans des aliments importés de pays tiers, au-delà des limites tolérées.

L’association Foodwatch a mené une enquête sur 64 produits importés en France, en Allemagne, en Autriche et aux Pays-Bas. Sur 15 produits testés en France, 12 présentent des résidus de pesticides dont l’utilisation est interdite en Europe.

Ce mardi, l’association Foodwatch dévoile que 80% des produits qu’elle a testés contiennent des pesticides interdits dans l'UE. Des épices Ducros aux thés Lipton, elle exige le rappel immédiat de ces aliments et une meilleure régulation.

Patrick Pester is the trending news writer at Live Science. His work has appeared on other science websites, such as BBC Science Focus and Scientific American. Patrick retrained as a journalist after spending his early career working in zoos and wildlife conservation. He was awarded the Master's Excellence Scholarship to study at Cardiff University where he completed a master's degree in international journalism. He also has a second master's degree in biodiversity, evolution and conservation in action from Middlesex University London. When he isn't writing news, Patrick investigates the sale of human remains.

Beneath the surface of the Pacific, a massive pool of heat is preparing to reshape global weather patterns. Time is running out to prepare for a climate shock of unprecedented scale. As 2026 unfolds, the Pacific Ocean is priming a catastrophic El Niño that threatens to cripple global food systems, trigger widespread economic instability, and shatter planetary temperature records.

Fytoplankton, de basis van zowat alle leven in de oceaan, bevat steeds minder eiwit en meer vetten en koolhydraten. Dat komt door de opwarming van het zeewater.

The world has become well versed in the importance of the strait of Hormuz to the world’s energy flows, but attention is increasingly turning to its vital role in another market – the fertiliser on which harvests depend. A third of the global trade in raw materials for fertiliser passes through the maritime choke point, which is also the route for 20% of shipments of natural gas, which is required to make it.

The fragility of the global food system fills me with dread – and the war with Iran has exposed just how close to collapse it is

Residents report terror of smoke-filled city, from potentially toxic rain, air and water to food scarcity and difficulty of escape

Three major Defence Agencies are quietly admitting what most still refuse to face: climate breakdown is coming for our food, and the cracks are already spreading. While the wealthy cling to logistics and illusion, the real defence strategy is soil and local growers who refuse to let their communities starve.

Ecosystem destruction will increase food shortages, disorder and mass migration, with effects already being felt

As climate and geopolitics shocks bite, countries are rebuilding food buffers. The UK clings to neoliberal ideas while households pay the price

From floods to droughts, erratic weather patterns are affecting food security, with crop yields projected to fall if changes are not made

UN GEO report says ending this harm key to global transformation required ‘before collapse becomes inevitable’

“We’re losing 120 calories per person, per day, for every degree of global warming.” That stark data point from a 2025 Nature study signals more than a threat to food security, it points to a growing risk to global financial security. Food system instability exposes markets to cascading shocks: inflation, trade disruption, insurance losses and sovereign credit stress. Yet these risks remain largely unaccounted for in core financial systems.