Special Interest: Climate Change
El Niño has brought devastating drought to southern Africa and caused a second failed harvest that has left many farming families reeling in Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
The U.N. World Food Programme (WFP) is rapidly stepping up life-saving operations for people like Roseby.
Urgent action by the international community and governments in the Dry Corridor of Central America is essential to help build resilience and food security.
For the second year in a row, Central America has suffered a devastating drought that has pushed tens of thousands of people into hunger. Learn how WFP is responding.
A historic drought is sweeping Ethiopia and more than 10 million people have been pushed into hunger. How will they cope?
Haiti is ranked sixth on the list of countries most vulnerable to climate change. Here are five measures WFP is taking to be prepared with an immediate response in case of future disasters.
When it comes to hunger and poverty, climate change isn’t one problem—it’s many problems.
Some 2.3 million people in Central America will need food assistance because of significant crop losses due to prolonged drought exacerbated by the current El Niño event.
Talking with WFP's El Niño Expert
In order to adequately nourish today’s 795 million hungry people as well as the additional 2 billion people expected by 2050, we will need to profoundly change our global food system so everyone has a seat at the table.
WPF USA Board Member Dan Glickman urges farmers and policymakers to acknowledge climate change so we can be better equipped for its effects in the future.
In celebration of World Environment Day, WFP’s Chief of Climate Resilience for Food Security Richard Choularton talks about why the U.N. agency is working to help communities adapt to the consequences of climate change, such as more frequent droughts and floods. “The most food insecure and vulnerable people are the most at risk from climate change today and urgent […]
We've launched an operation to provide blankets, coats, scarves and gloves for thousands of Syrian children living in refugee camps in Jordan.