With 735 million people hungry, UN says world is “off track” to meet its 2030 goal
Reuters About 735 million people worldwide faced chronic hunger in 2022, a figure much higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic and which threatens progress towards a global goal to end hunger by 2030, said the United Nations on Wednesday. A multi-year upward trend in hunger rates leveled off last year as many countries recovered economically […]
World hunger rising as UN agencies warn of “looming catastrophe”
London, UKReuters World hunger levels rose again last year after soaring in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, with the Ukraine war and climate change threatening starvation and mass migration on an “unprecedented scale” this year, according to UN agencies. Up to 828 million people, or nearly 10 per cent of the world’s population, were […]
World faces unprecedented global hunger crisis, UN chief says
United NationsReuters There is a “real risk” of multiple famines this year, UN chief Antonio Guterres said on Friday and urged ministers meeting on food security to take practical steps to stabilise food markets and reduce commodity price volatility. “We face an unprecedented global hunger crisis,” Guterres told the meeting in Berlin via video. “The […]
THE INTERVIEW: AT 89, BREAD FOR THE WORLD FOUNDER ART SIMON “NOT GIVING UP” ON THE GOAL OF ENDING HUNGER
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, speaks with Art Simon, founder of US-based Christian advocacy group Bread for the World, about his new book and his passion for ending hunger around the world…
Climate, conflicts set to plunge millions into food crisis
Thomson Reuters Foundation Food crises will affect tens of millions of people across the world this year, researchers warned on Tuesday, after war, extreme weather and economic woes in 2018 left more than 113 million in dire need of help. Conflict and insecurity were responsible for the desperate situation faced by 74 million people, or […]
ESSAY: WHAT WILL YOU BE EATING TONIGHT?
JACQUII RUBIN, of World Vision Australia, talks about the organisation’s new Uber Eats-inspired campaign to tackle hunger around the world and why it’s targeting Millennials…
Governments must step up efforts to meet deadline to end hunger, says UN
Thomson Reuters Foundation World governments will need to lift 185,000 people out of hunger each day for the next 12 years in order to meet global goals to end hunger and malnutrition by 2030, a United Nations expert said on Wednesday. The calculation was made by Kostas Stamoulis, assistant director-general of the UN Food and […]
Quick facts – How much food is wasted globally?
Thomson Reuters Foundation Rich nations waste $US750 billion of food each year, double the amount needed to end global hunger, David Beasley, head of the United Nations World Food Programme, said this week, in a statement marking World Food Day on Tuesday. Here are some facts about how much food is wasted globally: • About […]
Quick facts – 10 things to know about world hunger
Thomson Reuters Foundation Global hunger rose in 2017 for a third consecutive year, fuelled by conflict and climate change, the United Nations revealed in a report published on Tuesday. Obesity levels also increased. Here are some facts and figures from the report: Drought is one of the key causes of hunger in the world. PICTURE: […]