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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Ajit Niranjan Europe environment correspondent

EU’s ‘chocolate crisis’ worsened by climate breakdown, researchers warn

a person's hand holding cocoa beans
Most of the EU’s cocoa imports come from west African countries facing overlapping climate and biodiversity risks. Photograph: Sodiq Adelakun/Reuters

Climate breakdown and wildlife loss are deepening the EU’s “chocolate crisis”, a report has argued, with cocoa one of six key commodities to come mostly from countries vulnerable to environmental threats.

More than two-thirds of the cocoa, coffee, soy, rice, wheat and maize brought into the EU in 2023 came from countries that are not well prepared for climate change, according to the UK consultants Foresight Transitions.

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