Topic: Poverty and hunger
Wall Street giants set to smash profit records off global hunger, energy crisis
Blog / 14th September 2022Russia's war on Ukraine has wreaked havoc on global commodity markets, driving up energy and food prices and exacerbating hunger emergencies around the world.
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.
It’s time we all come together to address the global food crisis
Blog / 15th August 2022Millions of lives are at stake and the world’s most vulnerable do not have the luxury of time, write Abdulla Shahid and Gabriel Ferrero de Loma-Osorio.
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.
How the Treasury Department could prevent mass starvation with no cost to the taxpayers
Blog / 5th August 2022As hunger threatens millions, the Biden administration should give its OK for the IMF to distribute financial backing to the world’s poorest countries. By Mark Weisbrot.
Ekonomija delitve, inavguracija dobe srca
Report / 3rd August 2022Ekonomija delitve pomeni konec starih načinov, ki jih opredeljujejo tekmovalni sebični interesi in hlastanje po dobičku, nova doba meddržavne delitve in sodelovanja pa se bo začela šele s končanjem lakote v svetu, ki ima tako obilo finančnega kapitala in razpoložljivih virov.
Just two weeks of food billionaire wealth gains could fund anti-hunger effort in East Africa
Blog / 19th July 2022While one person is dying every 48 seconds in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia alone, Oxfam report that food billionaires have increased their collective wealth by $382 billion since 2020.
World is moving backwards on eliminating hunger and malnutrition, UN report reveals
News / 8th July 2022The number of people affected by hunger globally rose to as many as 828 million in 2021, according to a new UN report that provides fresh evidence that the world is moving in reverse, away from the Sustainable Development Goals.