Nearly 300 million people faced acute hunger in 2024.
The world is dangerously overwhelmed, the United Nations’s striking warning comes after finding that more than 295 million people have faced acute hunger in 2024.
Fears are increasing for the future, because the main donor countries are expected to reduce funding this year.
Climate change and economic crises affect 96 million people in 18 countries, including Syria and Yemen.
Conflicts and violence are the main causes of the world’s greatest humanitarian crisis in Sudan, after two years of civil war.
In Gaza, the Israeli blockade of all foods, water and drugs entered the third month, creating a manufactured crisis.
Is hunger on global foods therefore a failure of systems – or a failure of humanity?
Presenter:
Guests:
Chris Gunness – Former communications director at the United Nations Agency for Relief and Works for Palestinian refugees in the Middle East (UNRWA)
Elise Nalbandian – Regional advocacy and campaign director for Oxfam in Africa
Sara Hayat – Specialist in the law and the policy of climate change
