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Bookmark or Share- The UN tells Elon Musk how his money could end world hungerThe Tesla founder has offered to pay to end world hunger if the UN explains how it would spend his money. Responding to the challenge, the UN's World Food Programme has produced a detailed plan to stave off global famine. The UN’s $6.6 billion proposal could help 42 million vulnerable people survive 2022.
- Russia’s war in Ukraine is worsening world hunger | World Economic ForumThe world is facing a “hunger catastrophe”, the World Food Programme (WFP) is warning. The United Nations food aid organization says at least 47 million people in 81 countries could be driven to the edge of famine, because of conflict, climate shocks, COVID-19 and soaring costs for food and fuel.
- World Food Day: What it is and why it's more important than everThe FAO also says projections suggest that 670 million people will still be facing hunger in 2030. That’s 8% of the world’s population - and the same number as when its 2030 Agenda was launched in 2015 - and despite the UN’s own Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of ‘zero hunger’ by the end of this decade.
- What is hunger? | World Economic ForumBut in order to have a possibility of eradicating it, the world needs to take action. To keep up with the Agenda subscribe to our weekly newsletter. Author: Rosamond Hutt is a Senior Producer at Formative Content. Image: Children wait in a food queue at an orphanage run by a non-governmental organization on World Hunger Day, in Chennai May 28 ...
- Global hunger is rising, warns major UN report | World Economic ForumAlmost 690 million people in the world were undernourished in 2019 – that’s 8.9% of the world population, a new UN report says. This figure could exceed 840 million by 2030, if current trends continue. Factors increasing global hunger include economic slowdowns and extreme weather events.
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