Topic: Poverty and hunger
UN says hunger is ‘an avoidable tragedy’ in a world of plenty
News / 20th October 2026More than a quarter of humanity struggles to get enough food, even though the world produces enough for everyone, says the UN human rights chief Volker Türk, blaming injustice and the denial of human rights for hunger in a world of plenty.
Cuts force World Food Programme to end support for half a million Palestinians in Gaza
News / 20th October 2026Two-thirds of the population face crisis levels of food insecurity and 200,000 people are in danger of famine, according to the UN's World Food Programme.
World Food Day 2026: Hunger in the midst of overconsumption
Blog / 16th October 2026This World Food Day, 645 million people are going hungry, yet more than a billion tonnes of food is wasted annually.
Rise in poverty is ‘a wake-up call for the world’, UN development chief says
News / 13th October 2026The number of people living in “multidimensional” poverty has risen for the first time in 15 years, reaching 1.2 billion, as families struggle to meet their basic needs.
Developing nations face triple shock from energy crisis, El Niño and borrowing costs, UN warns
News / 12th October 2026The UN’s development arm calls for urgent action as compounding crises could ‘throw tens if not hundreds of millions back into poverty’.
Forty years of the ‘right to development’: When growth excludes, is it still development?
Article / 25th September 2026World leaders have warned that the most vulnerable people have been left behind as the right to development has promised more than it has delivered, with development seemingly the preserve of the superrich and powerful.
The right to development: Why equity, not charity, is a human right
Blog / 25th September 2026The right to development 'is not about charity, but enablement and empowerment'. How relevant is this core principle to the world today?
Taxing billionaires and redistributing wealth could save millions of lives amid global aid cuts
Report / 16th September 2026Wealth redistribution policies currently under discussion in international fora could avert up to 29.5 million deaths by 2030, according to a study by The Lancet.
Tens of millions of people fail to get humanitarian aid as global system crumbles
News / 11th September 2026Funding cuts in 2025 left women, children, older and displaced people hard hit, with 64m fewer people receiving aid.
World hunger and starvation have reached a crisis level
Blog / 26th August 2026Thanks to the collapse of traditional U.S. food assistance policy, world hunger and starvation have soared, reports Lawrence S. Wittner.