The Climate Crisis
& HUnger
Droughts. Floods. Wildfires. More than 80% of the world’s hungriest people live in disaster-prone countries. We need your help to send them lifesaving food and support.
The Greatest Challenge of Our Time
Climate starves the most vulnerable people in the world. More frequent and intense weather events are destroying land, livestock and crops. We’re doing everything we can to help people prepare for and overcome this devastating new reality. But we can’t do it alone.
1.7 billion people have been affected by climate disasters over the past decade
Nearly a quarter of the world’s farmable lands are degraded
22 million people were internally displaced by climate extremes in 2021
Help Us Stop the Vicious Cycle
Phase 1
Disaster Strikes
Millions of people living in fragile, disaster-prone areas have limited resources to adapt to climate change and are highly vulnerable to extreme weather events – like floods, droughts or hurricanes – when they hit.
Phase 2
Immediate Effects
Lives and livelihoods are lost as homes, land, livestock, crops and essential food supplies are destroyed.
Phase 3
Coping Measures
Food prices skyrocket as supplies dwindle. Parents take their children out of school, people eat less and less, and families sell any remaining valuable assets – like tools and cattle – to afford a meal.
Phase 4
Food and Nutrition Crisis
The lack of food and nutrition, which has been building up since the disaster hit, now explodes into a full-blown crisis. Families become largely dependent on humanitarian aid.
Phase 5
Long-Term Impacts
People’s overall food consumption drops and their dietary diversity reduces to just a few foods. Malnourishment rises, especially among women. Rates of stunting and wasting in children increase.
Phase 6
Another Disaster Strikes
People’s overall food consumption drops and their dietary diversity reduces to just a few foods. Malnourishment rises, especially among women. Rates of stunting and wasting in children increase.
WFP’s Climate Resilience PRograms
We’re the largest hunger-fighting agency in the world. We understand the impacts of extreme weather events, and we can help vulnerable communities prepare for, recover from and build resilience to them. But we need your support to do it.
We provide food to people in exchange for their work on community assets like bridges, dams, roads, schools and irrigation systems. These projects can withstand extreme weather and have extra benefits like promoting nutrition and gender equality.
We help communities restore degraded land, diversify their crops and build community gardens. One project in South Sudan increased agricultural land by 27% in just two years to a size of 15,000 football fields. We invested $610M in activities like these last year.
We use every available tool to help people withstand climate shocks: hydroponics, satellite imagery and landscape monitoring software, just to name a few. Our ‘Innovation Accelerator’ team has launched 23 such projects in 30 countries.
In areas prone to extreme weather events, every single grain counts. Farmers in Africa lose about 40% of all the food they harvest due to insects, pests and mold. We’re changing that with air-tight silos and bags, reducing food loss from 40% to 2%.
How Climate Change impacts hunger
Help Save Lives Today
By donating to WFP, you help communities recover and become resilient to climate extremes.