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UN sets out roadmap to combat global hunger amid climate crisis

Targets include cutting methane emissions from livestock by 25%, halving food waste and managing fisheries sustainably by 2030.

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Yemen is getting hotter, making hunger worse and threatening kids’ lives

Malnourished children in war-torn Yemen struggle to survive as temperatures rise. In the city of Hodeida, climate change and hunger converge in brutal ways.
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More than 700 million people don't know when — or if — they will eat again, UN food chief says

The head of the United Nations food agency says a global hunger crisis has left more than 700 million people not knowing when or if they will eat again.
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Cartier uses images of Amazon tribe devastated by illegal gold mining. Critics call that hypocrisy

Until two months ago, Cartier’s website showed Yanomami children playing in a green field. The French luxury jewelry brand said it was working to promote the culture of the Indigenous people and protect the rainforest where they live, in a vast territory straddling Brazil and Venezuela.

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Human-driven climate crisis fueling Horn of Africa drought – study

Region is suffering its worst drought in 40 years after five consecutive years of below-average rainfall.

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UN warns of ‘draining humanity’s lifeblood’ amid worsening water scarcity

Secretary general urges countries to tackle ‘vampiric overconsumption’, water guzzling industries and climate crisis.

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Jill Biden sees East Africa drought up close, seeks more aid

U.S. first lady Jill Biden got an up-close look Sunday at the historic East Africa drought as she walked along arid land and listened as some Maasai women described how their children and livestock are going hungry.

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