Less than 3% of G7 military spending could help end global hunger and solve Global South debt crisis
News / 13th June 2024With funds equivalent to just 2.9% of their combined annual military spending, G7 countries could help end world hunger and solve the debt crisis in the Global South, reveals Oxfam.
1 in 4 children globally live in severe child food poverty due to inequity, conflict, and climate crises
News / 11th June 2024Around 181 million children worldwide under 5 years of age – or 1 in 4 – are experiencing severe child food poverty, making them up to 50 per cent more likely to experience wasting, a life-threatening form of malnutrition, a new UNICEF report reveals.
Famine looms in Gaza while risk of starvation persists in Sudan, Haiti, Mali, and South Sudan
News / 7th June 2024Acute food insecurity is set to increase in magnitude and severity in 18 hunger “Hotspots”, a new United Nations early warning report has revealed.
Debt payments by countries most vulnerable to climate crisis soar
News / 4th June 2024Debt payments by the 50 countries most vulnerable to the climate crisis have doubled since the start of the coronavirus pandemic and now stand at their highest level in more than three decades, campaigners have warned.
Number of children in crisis levels of hunger due to extreme weather events doubles in past five years
News / 3rd June 2024The number of children facing crisis levels of hunger in the countries where extreme weather events are most impacting food supplies has more than doubled in the past five years, according to new analysis.