Tag: UN World Food Program

• Wednesday, September 22nd 2021 - 08:36 UTC

  Compassion urges leaders to harness Food Summit momentum to tackle climate, health and nature emergencies

  

  Compassion in World Farming is urging world leaders to harness the momentum garnered at this week’s first-ever United Nations Food Systems Summit (UN FSS) to take clear and radical action towards transforming our broken global food system.

• Thursday, March 5th 2020 - 08:50 UTC

  Maduro wants Venezuelan women to have six children to help the homeland grow

  

  President Nicolás Maduro wants Venezuelan women to have many children as a way to boost the country, which has seen millions of people flee in recent years to escape its economic crisis. Maduro made the exhortation during a televised event on Tuesday evening for a government program promoting various birth methods.

• Thursday, August 8th 2019 - 22:50 UTC

  World food security increasingly at risk due to 'unprecedented' climate change impact, new UN report warns

  

  More than 500 million people today live in areas affected by erosion linked to climate change, the UN warned on Thursday, before urging all countries to commit to sustainable land use to help limit greenhouse gas emissions before it is too late.