Topic: Poverty and hunger
35 children born into hunger every minute in 2024
Report / 1st January 2025At least 18.2 million children were born into hunger in 2024, or about 35 children a minute, with conflict and climate crises combining to drive at least 800,000 more children into hunger over the year, according to a new analysis.
Gaza: Nearly one million Palestinians face winter without shelter
Blog / 23rd December 2024Only 23 percent of Gaza’s shelter needs have been met this autumn, leaving nearly one million Palestinians vulnerable to exposure during the harsh winter months, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council-led Shelter Cluster in Palestine.
‘Catastrophic’ hunger persists in multiple countries, warn food agencies
News / 8th November 2024“Catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity” bordering on starvation are expected to impact hundreds of thousands of people in coming months, driven principally by violence and conflict, say UN agencies.
Carbon emissions of richest 1% increase hunger, poverty and deaths, says Oxfam
Report / 4th November 2024The high carbon emissions of the world’s richest 1% are worsening hunger, poverty and excess deaths, a report has found.
Ending poverty for half the world could take more than a century
News / 22nd October 2024At today’s feeble pace, it could take more than a century to eliminate poverty as it is defined for nearly half the world – people who live on less than $6.85 per day, according to the World Bank.
Africa faces escalating food crisis as conflict and climate impacts drive hunger
News / 22nd October 2024163 million Africans are currently experiencing acute food insecurity, a number that has nearly tripled in just five years, according to new data.
World told act now or face 136 years of hunger, report warns
Report / 18th October 2024High levels of hunger will continue for another 136 years in many developing countries, according to a new report assessing global hunger.
Up to 21,000 people are dying each day from conflict-fuelled hunger around the world
Report / 16th October 2024On World Food Day, analysis by Oxfam reveals that hunger has reached an all-time high exposing the flaws in global peacebuilding and conflict recovery efforts.
More than 9 million Britons vulnerable to reliance on food banks, research finds
News / 11th October 2024More than 9 million people in the UK experience levels of poverty and hunger so extreme they are vulnerable to reliance on charity food handouts, according to research.
Half the world lacks social protection amid climate crisis, ILO warns
Report / 13th September 2024Social protection is essential to safeguard people from shocks, but half the world is without any coverage, including over 90 per cent of people living in climate-vulnerable countries.