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Tinned mackerel, hand-crank radios and bags for poo: crisis-prepping guides around the world
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Source: The Guardian Climate · NewTimes editorial text based on the source feed.
UK allies have long urged people to stockpile supplies for a crisis.
How are people from France to Australia being advised to prepare?
The UK has told people to fill their pantries with food for three days in case of catastrophe, joining a host of countries urging citizens to ready themselves for core systems failing.
Such advice, once dismissed as the preserve of preppers , has become more common in government circles as climate breakdown worsens weather extremes and geopolitical tensions turn cyberattacks and sabotage into a regular occurrence.
Even in countries with national strategic food stockpiles – a buffer