by AIP Online Bureau | Apr 26, 2024 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News, Risk Management
Extreme weather events were the primary drivers in 18 countries where over 77 million people faced high levels of acute food insecurity, up from 12 countries with 57 million people in 2022. In 2023, the world experienced its hottest year on record and climate related...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 13, 2023 | Data, Eco/Invest/Demography, Health
In addition to rising hunger, the capacity of people to access healthy diets also deteriorated across the world. More than 3.1 billion people globally unable to afford a healthy diet in 2021, the report issued jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO),...
by AIP Online Bureau | Jul 7, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
“The most recent evidence available suggests that the number of people unable to afford a healthy diet around the world rose by 112 million to almost 3.1 billion, reflecting the impacts of rising consumer food prices during the (COVID-19) pandemic,” the...
by AIP Online Bureau | Mar 9, 2022 | Eco/Invest/Demography, International News
As a result, global food prices are already at record highs, with the benchmark U.N. index increasing more than 40% over the past two years. The surge has had crushing consequences. Food insecurity has doubled in the past two years, and the World Food Programme...
