With extreme weather events on the rise, there is no question that climate change is here and posing an imminent threat to millions of livelihoods. But how do climate-related disasters like droughts or floods cause hunger?
There are no easy solutions to untangle America’s complex border challenges, but there are remedies that can alleviate vulnerable people’s need to migrate. They begin with understanding what truly drives the hunger that prompts so many people to leave their homes.
Disasters disproportionately affect the world’s poorest people and communities, significantly increasing hunger, malnutrition and their exposure to risk. Here are 14 key facts on the link between disasters and hunger.
Maria’s family invested all their money in corn crops, then watched them wither away from drought. Now they’re struggling to put food on the table and praying for rain.
With each day that passes, more lives are at stake as hunger tightens its grip in southern Madagascar. Years of poor harvests driven by drought upon drought, and weather-related damages to fishing, have pushed people to the brink.
The hunger season can last for months, and it’s a particularly challenging time for subsistence farmers and their families, who solely rely on what they grow.
Imagine waking up to a wave of water running across your floor and hearing your six children cry out in fear. This is what happened to Agan in Ethiopia when floods washed away everything she had.
One year after the COVID-19 pandemic, the outlook for 2021 is grim. Conflict, economic shocks and climate change continue to drive hunger.
Our worst fears are coming true. Life-threatening hunger is up, chronic hunger is up and extreme poverty is up. Millions are on the verge of famine due to conflict. How will we respond?
This MoU will pave the way for wide ranging bilateral cooperation towards our common goal of improving food security in Tajikistan, and help WFP raise awareness about climate change.
