布朗催促G8对食物缺乏的行动
星期四， 2008年4月10日Gordon Brown昨天提出了对biofuels的冲击的新询问，因为他在世界议程在食物缺乏投入了上升的食物价格通过给家伙G8领导准备一个国际包裹的写。
他在日本要问题在G8山顶的议程中在7月，并且说他有对仓促往环境可疑的biofuels也许偏移大量需求的食物生产的方式的关心。
当他遇见他们在华盛顿和纽约下个星期时，他也可能与美国领导谈论问题。 他要IMF和世界银行今年参与关于问题。 美国接受更加热心的方法对biofuels作为应付气候变化方式。
在给首相的一封信件， Yasuo福田，开始计划演讲粮食危机，布朗写： “有我们迫切需要审查对biofuels不同的种类和生产方法的食物价格的冲击的增长的公众舆论，并且保证他们的用途是负责任和能承受的”。
当运输秘书，露丝凯利，在2月，委任了回顾入他们的冲击英国介绍补贴为biofuels，但承认了环境保护者关心。
在欧共体水平，布朗反对在biofuel目标的增量，表达他的关心在他们的冲击对砍伐森林，珍贵的栖所和对食物安全。 从布朗的在星期二信件，今天释放，被联合国的高级人道主义官员，约翰· Holmes先生跟随一次警告，食物价格可能激发全世界不安和威胁政治稳定。
布朗的关心一部分源于他的首要科学顾问提的建议，约翰Beddington，粮食危机的作用比气候变化迅速将咬住。 食物价格有上升的57%在一年，根据联合国的食物和agriculure组织。 米的价格加倍，提示的国家减慢出口。 价格上升在国家归因于成长的速度例如中国。
世界银行报告昨天声称biofuel消耗量帮助了推挤全球性食物价格83%在过去三年和驾驶通货膨胀并且劳损发展中的经济入下十年。
在他的信件布朗说： “Rising food prices threaten to roll back progress we have made in recent years on development. For the first time in decades, the number of people facing hunger is growing.” He called for a redoubling of “our efforts for a WTO trade deal that provides greater poor country access to developed country markets”. “Market incentives” would close the gap between world cereal supply and demand in the longer term.
Proposing “social safety nets for the poorest”, he said: “We may need to increase … the scale of our support for humanitarian programmes.”
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