Expert Comment: National Emergency Briefing- Reforming UK food systems isn’t just imperative, it’s an opportunity

Published on December 4, 2025

Professor Paul Behrens, from the Oxford Martin School, was one of nine experts invited to deliver evidence at the UK’s first-ever National Emergency Briefing on the climate and nature crises, held last week. Before an audience of over a thousand MPs, senior civil servants, industry bosses, and civic leaders, he outlined the urgent need to reform the UK food system – and the diverse benefits this would bring for farmers, the public and nature. 
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