One in 11 people went hungry last year. Climate change is a big reason why.
Article / 15th August 2024Hunger and food insecurity are no longer merely benchmarks of public health. They are symptoms of a warming world.
Starvation in Sudan
Article / 5th August 2024Sadly, there are many striking parallels between the wars being waged on the civilian populations of Sudan and Gaza. Neither populations have received what they most urgently need: an end to their respective conflicts, writes Priti Gulati Cox and Stan Cox.
A tax on the super-rich to fight hunger gains ground
Article / 28th June 2024A global agreement could levy a small tax on the world’s 3,000 richest people, with fortunes in excess of US$1 billion, and use the money to fight world hunger, a study by the Brazilian government and the European Union’s Tax Observatory has shown.
How much do rich countries owe in climate aid? That’s the trillion-dollar question
Article / 6th June 2024As COP29 climate talks approach, developing nations are pushing for a huge boost in decarbonization and disaster funding. By Jake Bittle for Grist.
Anti-genocide students are fulfilling their duty to prevent war crimes—will you?
Article / 10th May 2024Students who protest war and genocide in Gaza are not criminals in international law. Protesting war crimes is no crime.