This Is How Climate Change Causes Hunger in 6 Steps

With extreme weather events on the rise, there is no question that climate change is here and posing an imminent threat to millions of livelihoods. But how do climate-related disasters like droughts or floods cause hunger?

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WFP Provides Immediate Support to Families Caught up in Gaza Emergency

For people who have lost or fled their homes, one of the most pressing needs at the moment is food. WFP has started providing emergency assistance for more than 51,000 people in north Gaza in response to the recent escalation of conflict.

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To Bee or Not to Bee in Kyrgyzstan

"Bee master" Ryskulbek's dream of earning money from honey became reality after he made a beeline for a WFP training course in May of 2020.

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To Untangle America’s Complex Border Challenges, We Must First Tame Climate Change and Hunger

There are no easy solutions to untangle America’s complex border challenges, but there are remedies that can alleviate vulnerable people's need to migrate. They begin with understanding what truly drives the hunger that prompts so many people to leave their homes.

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Southern Madagascar: Government and UN Sound the Alarm on Famine Risk, Urge Action

With each day that passes, more lives are at stake as hunger tightens its grip in southern Madagascar. Years of poor harvests driven by drought upon drought, and weather-related damages to fishing, have pushed people to the brink.

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WFP and Tajik Government Sign a MOU on Climate Change Adaptation

This MoU will pave the way for wide ranging bilateral cooperation towards our common goal of improving food security in Tajikistan, and help WFP raise awareness about climate change.

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When Life Hands You Lemons: The Journey of Nenad Grkovic, WFP Beneficiary Turned Humanitarian Worker

Meet Nenad Grkovic, a former United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) beneficiary during a civil war who later dedicated his career to saving and changing lives through innovative logistics solutions. 

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Southern Madagascar on Brink of Famine, Warns WFP

We have witnessed heartbreaking scenes of severely malnourished children and starving families. We need the money and resources now to help the people of Madagascar.

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What Bettina Stix, Amazon’s Director of ‘Right Now Needs’ and Disaster Relief, Has to Say About Hurricanes

We sat down with Bettina Stix, Amazon’s Director of Right Now Needs and Disaster Relief, to learn more about Amazon’s priorities in their humanitarian work and what inspired their partnership with the U.N. World Food Programme.

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Aerial Assessments Help Timor-Leste Recover Following the Worst Floods in 40 Years

Torrential rains and flash floods from Cyclone Seroja hit the Timor-Leste in early April, leaving crops destroyed in six municipalities. WFP and its partners distributed life-saving relief materials to families affected by the floods within 48 hours.

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Mother Earth Day: ‘Earthworms Are Our Ecosystem’s Unsung Superheroes’

WFP's forest management interventions are preserving Lebanon’s greenery. At a WFP site in Lebanon, we take a look at Kassem Jouni's work with earthworms and how these unsung heroes have a lot to offer.

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WFP Steps up Operations in Response to Fast Rising Hunger in Myanmar

To prevent a large-scale humanitarian crisis, we must step up. Already, families in and around Yangon are skipping meals, eating less nutritious food and going into debt just to survive.

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