Healthy diet in UK at risk from Mediterranean droughts, experts say

Fresh fruit and vegetables from Europe will be more expensive as drought and wildfires shrink supplies

A healthy diet in the UK will be put at risk by climate breakdown as European droughts shrink fresh fruit and vegetable supplies, experts have said.

Fresh produce from the Mediterranean, upon which the UK is reliant, will become more expensive and harder to obtain as extreme heat causes yields to reduce, putting a healthy diet out of reach of the poorest in society, according to a report by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU).