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Food security concerns mount as extreme weather becomes increasingly commonplace
Oxfam has released a report warning that extreme weather is endangering food supplies worldwide. The Link’s Lynn Desjardins tells us about the agency’s admonition that the climate talks in Durban need to deliver action to prevent spiralling hunger.
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