Reporter: Twiggy Yeung
In February, the rationing of fruits and vegetables in UK supermarkets made headlines. Along with other factors, the reduced supply is partly caused by the unusual droughts in Spain and Morocco, regions the UK import its fruits and vegetables from. With the effects of climate change getting more obvious, it’s not hard to imagine the pressure the food system will need to withstand. Our reporter, Twiggy Yeung has been finding out some of the changes the food system needs to reduce its vulnerability to climate change. She began by asking how food producers are affected by extreme weathers.

Reporter: Andrea Minssart
Five months after the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, humanitarian organisations are still warning about the enormous devastation. CRADLE of Food, a Turkish gastronomical event, took place recently in London to raise funds for the victims and to share the affected region’s strong culinary culture. Reporter Andrea Minssart went to the fundraiser to explore how food can foster healing in communities when tragedy strikes.

Reporter: Twiggy Yeung
This April, West Mediterranean countries like Spain reached record temperatures. And as a new study from the World Weather Attribution shows, these extreme heat waves are proven to have a clear link with climate change. Our reporter, Twiggy Yeung has looked into how the connection is established and what this means for Spain.

Reporter: Twiggy Yeung
On the Iraq war’s 20th anniversary, we explore one of its least known effects – the long-term illnesses brought by burn pits. Near American military bases, burn pits are large areas where all kinds of waste were disposed of by burning with jet fuel. This has caused health issues not only to numerous veterans, but also local residents. Twiggy Yeung reports.

Reporter: Andrea Minssart
In South Africa, the continent’s richest and most industrialised country, blackouts across the nation have amounted to an equivalent of four months without power. Some outages have lasted up to 10 hours, which is costing the economy around $51 million per day. The situation is so precarious that President Ramaphosa has declared a state of disaster. Andrea Minssart has more on the situation.

Reporter: Andrea Minssart
The week-long racism hearing against the Yorkshire Cricket Club is about to end. As the UK’s top sports club, the case has sparked widespread attention over alleged racism in English cricket especially, structural racism. These all started in 2020, when Azeem Rafiq, the club’s former British- Pakistani player, first confessed his racism experience to the public. He then took legal actions in the following year but a formal hearing had not been held until last Wednesday. Andrea Minssart tells us more about the claims and explores how inclusivity could be further promoted in the sport.

Reporter: Twiggy Yeung
The long-awaited Loss and Damage fund was struck on Sunday at the COP27. Powerful nations agreed to pay up for their carbon emissions in the fund for developing countries, in response to the growing number of climate disasters. However, in Brazil, a country where deforestation has soared in the last decade, citizens have raised concerns that their nation may be deemed ineligible for the fund.  Twiggy Yeung reports.

Reporter: Charlotte Peet
The CEO of one London food bank has encountered a number of setbacks to her mission since the cost-of-living crisis hit the UK. The charity’s goal to feed the city’s hungry citizens has now been hindered by inflation, high energy prices and lack of resources. City news economy correspondent Charlotte Peet reports.