Unprecedented Hunger to Follow in Wake of the Climate Crisis, WFP Calls for Urgent Action on World Food Day

The world faces an exponential increase in hunger fueled by the climate crisis if urgent global action to help communities adapt to climatic shocks and stresses is ignored.

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Food Waste, Climate Change and Hunger: A Vicious Cycle We Have the Power to Break

Lost and wasted food might not seem like humanitarian issues, but they are. The way we grow, store, transport, sell and consume our food all contribute directly to the health of our global climate. Here's how.

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How WFP Is Helping Keep the Air Clean and the Skies Blue

For International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies, we're taking a look at how #healthyairhealthyplanet and #ZeroHunger go hand in hand. 

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US Against Hunger

The US Against Hunger series explores key drivers of food insecurity including conflict, gender inequality, climate change and food waste.

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Events

Join our next event to meet the men and women who are leading the humanitarian fight to end world hunger.

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“If the Shells Disappear”: For International Day for People of African Descent, a Word on Climate Change From the Awá and Afro Communities in Latin America

The Colombia-Ecuador border is one of the most climate-sensitive and hungry regions in Latin America, and the Awá and Afro communities are seeing climate change unfold before their very eyes.

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A Force of Nature: Hunger and Climate Crises in Ten Photographs From Around the Globe

To mark Nature Photography Day, we’re looking at ten stunning photographs from some of the hungriest places on earth.

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“Hope Is Key to Our Work.” Highlights From a Conversation Between WFP USA’s President and the Alliance’s Eric Mitchell

On June 29th, World Food Program USA President and CEO Barron Segar sat down with the Executive Director of the Alliance to End Hunger, Eric Mitchell, to discuss hunger in Central America.

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Hunger Pandemic: Food Security Report Confirms WFP’s Worst Fears

The SOFI report estimates that up to 811 million people went hungry in 2020 due to climate extremes and economic slowdowns exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

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UN Report: Pandemic Year Marked by Spike in World Hunger

There was a dramatic worsening of world hunger in 2020, the United Nations said today – much of it likely related to the fallout of COVID-19.

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What Causes Famine in the World?

There is enough food on this planet to feed every single person. But even with all this abundance, famine is no relic of the past.

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Cameroon: Cooperatives Create Family Bonds and Foster Friendship for Displaced Women

A resilience-building initiative backed by WFP and Korea is empowering communities recovering from displacement — and enabling new friendships.

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