'A world without hunger is possible,' said one United Nations agency leader. 'What we are missing is the investments and political will to implement solutions at scale.'
"A world without hunger is possible," said one United Nations agency leader."What we are missing is the investments and political will to implement solutions at scale."The climate emergency, armed conflicts, and the Covid-19 pandemic have pushed over 100 million more people into hunger around the world during the past few years, five United Nations agencies revealed Wednesday in an annual report.
In terms of nutrition,"more than 3.1 billion people in the world—or 42%—were unable to afford a healthy diet in 2021," or"an overall increase of 134 million people compared to 2019," the publication says."Worldwide in 2022, an estimated 148.1 million children under 5 years of age were stunted, 45 million were wasted, and 37 million were overweight.
"As past editions of this report have highlighted, the intensification of the major drivers of food insecurity and malnutrition—conflict, climate extremes, economic slowdowns and downturns, and growing inequality—often occurring in combination, is challenging our efforts to achieve the SDGs," the document says.
The new publication prompted passionate calls for action from U.N. leaders—including Secretary-General António Guterres, whoin a video message that"in a world of plenty, no one should go hungry, and no one should suffer the cruelty of malnutrition. But this report on the state of food security and nutrition paints a stark picture of our reality."
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