Climate, Gates and COP30
Bill Gates’ recent article on the “three tough truths” of the ongoing environmental changes makes an essential point: we must ...
Tag: Hunger
Hunger Hotspots: Famine Looms in Gaza While Risk of Starvation Persists in Sudan, Haiti, Mali, and South Sudan
Acute food insecurity is set to increase in magnitude and severity in 18 hunger "hotspots," a new United Nations early ...
Acute Hunger: 1 in 5 People in Need of Critical Urgent Action
According to the latest Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC), nearly 282 million people in 59 countries and territories experienced high ...
Worsening Hunger Grips West and Central Africa Amid Persistent Conflict and Economic Turmoil
Nearly 55 million people in West and Central Africa will struggle to feed themselves in the June-August 2024 lean season, ...
Yielding the Power of Numbers to Fight Hunger, One Statistician at a Time
When thinking of the work of statisticians, the image of croplands and farm fields probably does not come to mind, ...
‘Water Is Life, Water Is Food’: Celebrating World Food Day 2023
In a world where abundance coexists with scarcity, World Food Day serves as a poignant reminder of the persistent challenges ...
Can We Fix Our ‘Broken’ Food Systems?
Taking place from July 24 to 26, the UN Food Systems Summit+2 Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+2) is currently underway at the ...
Ending Child Hunger: Carmen Burbano Discusses the Impact of School Meals
Carmen Burbano is the Director of the School Feeding Division at the World Food Programme. Carmen is an expert in ...
UN Report Warns of Accelerating Food Insecurity in the Arab Region Due to Global Crises
Hunger and malnutrition have reached critical levels in the Arab region as access to basic foods has been affected by ...
UN 2023 Water Conference: FAO Calls for Responsive and Innovative Drought Financing Mechanisms
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) called for innovative drought financing mechanisms to help deal with ...
Food Security and Nutrition: Do Women in Leadership Positions Make a Difference?
The views expressed in this article are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the ...
War and Hunger: A Ukraine-born Artist’s View
Editor’s Note: Ukraine-born Yona Tukuser is an unusual artist with the courage to address the darkest themes of the human ...
