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EPISODE · Aug 15, 2025 · 24 MIN

Why has chocolate got so expensive? You can blame ‘climateflation’.

from Behind the Story · host RTÉ News

With food prices increasing and even your bar of chocolate costing more, Fiona Mitchell and Louise Byrne speak to Dr Ciaran O’Carroll, Lecturer on Sustainability on the link between wildfires, climate change and your weekly shop. Fiona also looks forward to Oasis this weekend!   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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