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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, WFP warns ahead of World Food Day.

This contribution will allow the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to bring together and extend their complementary initiatives and expertise in implementing the Sahel Resilience Partnership (2023-2027) targeting the most vulnerable and climate-affected people in Bur

“We are facing an unprecedented global food crisis and all signs suggest we have not yet seen the worst. For the last three years hunger numbers have repeatedly hit new peaks. Let me be clear: things can and will get worse unless there is a large scale and coordinated effort to address the root causes of this crisis.

With a population already struggling with the effects of persistent conflicts, political instability, and the socio-economic impacts of COVID-19, this first-ever climate risk insurance payment in Mali will help WFP provide emergency and resilience-building support in a timely manner to those most vulnerable to climate extremes from March to May 2022.

Kicking up dust 10ft high, an aircraft touches down on the airstrip in Pochalla – a remote town – a two-hour flight east of Juba, South Sudan’s capital.

The programme, “Building Climate-Resilience for Food and Nutrition Security of Smallholder Farming Households in Teso Sub-Region in Uganda,” will prioritise female-headed families in the Kaberamaido and Katakwi Districts of Teso. “Teso is a highly vulnerable area, and without urgent interventions that will make a long-term difference in peoples’ lives, the people will continue to suffer high le

“In a year when the world is already facing an unprecedented level of hunger, it’s just tragic to see hunger raising its head in what has long been the breadbasket of Europe,” said WFP Executive Director David Beasley during a visit to a staging hub set up by the organization on the Polish-Ukrainian border.

With over 33 per cent of children in Lao PDR still suffering from chronic malnutrition - affecting their cognitive development and academic performance - the government is committed to expanding its school meal initiatives.

Following an unprecedented food crisis in 2022, Niger continues to face high levels of food insecurity, with two million people having experienced irregular access to safe and nutritious food over the last quarter of 2022, according to the November Cadre Harmonisé food security analysis.

“WFP is extremely grateful to the World Bank for this generous contribution, at a crucial time in Sudan when more and more people do not know where their next meal will come from,” said Eddie Rowe, WFP’s Representative and Country Director in Sudan.  This is the first-ever direct contribution from the World Bank to WFP in Sudan.