Professor Paul Behrens speaks at National Emergency Briefing: Reforming UK food systems isn’t just imperative, it’s an opportunity

Professor Paul Behrens (British Academy Global Professor at the Oxford Martin School) recently delivered evidence at the UK’s first-ever National Emergency Briefing on the climate and nature.

Professor Behrens was one of nine experts invited to speak to an audience of over a thousand MPs, senior civil servants, industry bosses, and civic leaders about the urgent need to reform the UK food system – and the diverse benefits this would bring for farmers, the public and nature. 

Many of the collapses of civilizations through history have been driven by climatic impacts on food. We ignore this lesson at our peril. Professor Paul Behrens

Read the expert comment in full on ox.ac.uk