Millions of children are being driven from their homes by weather- related events, exacerbated by climate change. While the link between climate change and displacement is complex, it’s clearer than ever that the climate is shifting patterns of displacement.
The question addressed in this brief concerns how can governments pursue food systems transformation in the face of severe financial constraints, financial shocks and food-price crises. Transformation is urgently needed to address long-term goals around addressing hunger and malnutrition, as well as making food systems sustainable and resilient. The brief shows that many important changes to food systems can be implemented which are low cost, or even cost-neutral.
The ongoing strong El Niño event, which is forecast to reach peak intensity in late 2023 and then dissipate by mid-2024, will have both negative and positive effects on acute food insecurity across the globe.
Can farmers in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) boost crop yields and improve food availability without using more mineral fertilizer? This question has been at the center of lively debates among the civil society, policy-makers, and in academic editorials.
Here is the short answer from our modeling: Climate change is likely to be more than 2.5 times more destructive to tropical rainforests than cropland expansion at the global level between 2005 and 2050.
This report by IPES-Food, documents a history of growing corporate influence over the governance of the food system. As transnational food and farming companies grow ever bigger, they have convinced governments that they must be central in all discussion on the future of food, and their ability to set the agenda of the food system is ever increasing as a result.
The horizon scanning exercise is focussing on the severe environmental, political, and socio-economic challenges of Sub-Saharan Africa. The authors identified 100 practical research-focused questions that, if answered, would have the greatest positive impact on addressing these trade-offs and ensuring future productivity and resilience of food-production systems across sub-Saharan Africa.
At the mid-point of the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development, there is an urgent need to understand where the world stands in eliminating hunger and food insecurity, as well as in ensuring sustainable agriculture.
At the midpoint of the SDG vision for a more equitable world for all, the report considers the following questions: how successful have we been in bettering the lives of our most cherished asset – our children? What achievements can we celebrate, and which obstacles remain? What lies on the path ahead to ensure a brighter future for every child? How do we make this a turning point in our commitment to upholding children’s rights?
The CGIAR Initiative on Low-Emission Food Systems has contributed to a submission in response to a call for views from UNFCCC parties and non-party stakeholders on the elements for consideration of the outputs component of the first global stocktake of the Paris Agreement.
Ahead of the 2023 SDG Summit, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and its partners presented on Sunday the High Impact Initiative on Food Systems Transformation aimed at mobilizing commitments to ensure food security and healthy diets for all.
The authors of the report uses recent econometric methodologies to answer the question of how rainfall shocks have affected the economy over time. The analysis was conducted at a high degree of spatial disaggregation to capture the effects of rainfall variations on economic indicators of interest.
This paper, prepared by the World Bank Group and UNICEF, presents estimated trends in child poverty from 2013 to 2022, based on three international poverty lines:
Following the guidelines set by the United Nations, the book shows how digital technology can help get better access to healthy food, encourage eco-friendly choices, and support the farmers and businesses. The book zooms into the role of data, as the "fuel" for many of these tech solutions.
The conditions and circumstances of people across the world cannot be boiled down to only national averages.
Across much of the world, water deficits are expected to become the new normal. With rising human populations and growing prosperity, water demand is growing exponentially.
The rain started two days ago and doesn’t seem to stop.
This report should be a stark reminder that we have no time to lose in the fight against poverty and inequality, and that children must be foremost in our efforts.
Are climate change and drought connected? We asked Richard Damania, the World Bank’s Chief Economist for Sustainable Development, and two experts from the Bank’s Sustainable Development unit: Senior Economist Esha Zaveri and Senior Climate Change Specialist Nathan Engle.
