Extreme Weather

Droughts. Floods. Wildfires. Communities who contribute the least to these disasters are bearing the brunt of its impacts. WFP needs your help to send them lifesaving food and support.

The Greatest Challenge of Our Time

More frequent and intense weather events are destroying land, livestock and crops. WFP is doing everything they can to help people prepare for and overcome this devastating new reality. But they can’t do it alone.

40%

Up to 40% of the
world’s land is degraded

96M

Weather extremes have pushed 96 million people into hunger

29M

WFP reaches 29 million people with climate and resilience programs

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Help WFP Stop the Vicious Cycle

Disaster Strikes

Millions of people living in fragile, disaster-prone areas have limited resources to adapt and are highly vulnerable to extreme weather events – like floods, droughts or hurricanes – when they hit.

Immediate Effects

Lives and livelihoods are lost as homes, land, livestock, crops and essential food supplies are destroyed.

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.

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.

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.

Another Disaster Strikes

People are unable to fully recover from one disaster before another strikes. They are pushed deeper into hunger and are more vulnerable to the impacts of extreme weather.

WFP’s Resilience PRograms

WFP is one of the leading hunger-fighting agencies in the world. The agency understands the impacts of extreme weather events and helps vulnerable communities prepare for, recover from and build resilience them.

Infrastructure

WFP provides 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.

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Land Rehabilitation

WFP helps communities restore degraded land, diversify their crops and build community gardens. A project in South Sudan increased agricultural land by 27% in just two years. WFP worked with communities to rehabilitate half a million acres of land in 2024.

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Innovation

WFP uses every available tool to help people withstand extreme weather: hydroponics, satellite imagery and landscape monitoring software, just to name a few. Through projects like these, their Innovation Accelerator Team helped more than 132 million people in 2025.

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Food Storage

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. WFP is changing that with air-tight silos and bags, reducing food loss from 40% to 2%.

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Extreme Weather

The Greatest Challenge of Our Time

40%

96M

29M

Help WFP Stop the Vicious Cycle

Disaster Strikes

Immediate Effects

Coping Measures

Food and Nutrition Crisis

Long-Term Impacts

Another Disaster Strikes

WFP’s Resilience PRograms

Infrastructure

Land Rehabilitation

Innovation

Food Storage

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