The world food crisis is about to get worse
News / 2nd September 2022Millions are facing starvation as war combines with financial and climate-driven shocks. Now the U.N. goal to end hunger by the end of the decade looks further than ever.
Record profits for grain firms amid food crisis prompt calls for windfall tax
News / 25th August 2022Companies at the centre of the global grain trade have enjoyed a record bonanza amid soring food prices around the world, raising concerns of profiteering and speculation in global food markets that could put staples beyond the reach of the poorest.
U.N. humanitarian agencies face record funding gap this year
News / 15th August 2022U.N. humanitarian projects face a record funding gap this year, with only a third of the required $48.7 billion secured so far as global needs outpace pledges.
Horn of Africa faces most ‘catastrophic’ food insecurity in decades, warns WHO
News / 5th August 2022More than 37 million people are facing acute hunger, with approximately seven million children under the age of five acutely malnourished in the region.
‘Earth Overshoot Day’ comes earlier every year
News / 3rd August 2022From today onwards, humanity is living on credit. Every year, Overshoot Day – the date by which humanity has consumed all the resources that Earth can sustainably produce in one year – arrives earlier.