This call follows the release of the agency’s Global Outlook 2025, which assesses global food security needs. According to WFP, hunger continues to rise, with 343 million people across 74 countries experiencing acute food insecurity – a 10 per cent increase from last year. This includes 1.9 million people who...
The appeal comes as global leaders prepare to gather for the UN’s Climate Change Conference in Baku next month, amid repeated dire warnings about the human cost of ignoring the existential crisis from UN Secretary-General António Guterres and others. Echoing the UN chief’s longstanding appeals, WMO Deputy Secretary-General Ko Barrett...