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flag Festive chocolates like Roses and Celebrations have grown more expensive and smaller due to climate-related crop losses, worsening the cost of living.

flag Since 2021, popular festive chocolates like Roses and Celebrations have seen prices rise by up to 95% and package sizes shrink by up to 23%, a trend known as "shrinkflation," according to the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit. flag The ECIU links the trend to climate change impacts on global food production, including extreme weather affecting cocoa, sugar, and dairy crops, with English farmers experiencing their second-worst harvest on record. flag Experts warn that without urgent action to cut emissions, support adaptation, and provide climate finance to vulnerable nations, such price and size fluctuations will continue, worsening the cost of living crisis.

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