As rising temperatures cause spikes in unpredictable weather, the world’s most vulnerable populations are hit hardest. Those who have the tiniest environmental footprint – mostly small-scale farmers and poor communities – are the most impacted by environmental changes.
Right now, 80 percent of the world’s hungry people live in areas prone to natural disasters and extreme weather, which creates exactly the right conditions for hunger to take hold.
World Food Program, June 5,2021
In 2019, 688 million people were chronically hungry. Today, this figure has shot up to about 1 billion and of these, 270 million are “marching towards starvation”, to borrow the haunting words of David Beasley, […]
Our letter to President Biden has been signed by over 300 scientists, academics, founders and directors of NGOs, CEOS, doctors, engineers, technology and software professional, school teachers, students, and concerned citizens in the US and around the world. […]
June 23 – The WFP says over a million people in Madagascar are starving “because of climate change.” Children are dying. […]
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