Nairobi, 7 October 2022 (TDI): Oxfam International has published a report titled ‘Hunger in a Heating world.’ The report shows the effects of climate change on hunger.
As a result of the findings of the report, the organization has urged the world to act responsibly towards the underprivileged segments of society.
It was also highlighted in the report how G20 countries are responsible for more than 3/4 of global emissions. Unfortunately, the countries are not even paying the price.
Oxfam has claimed that since 2016, severe hunger has more than doubled in ten of the worst climate hotspots in the world.
Hunger in a Heating world
Millions of individuals all over the world are becoming more hungry as a result of climate change. Over the past 50 years, there has been a five-fold rise in extreme weather events.
Consequently, inequality and food insecurity has fueled conflict along with demolishing houses and decimating livelihoods in the impacted regions.
Causes of Global Hunger
Global violence and economic upheavals, especially those brought on by COVID-19, continue to be major contributors to the root causes of famine.
However, the capacity of the poor, particularly in low-income nations, to fend off hunger and adapt to the next shock is steadily eroding as a result of these new and worsening weather extremes.
Furthermore, droughts, floods, and heat waves have become more common and powerful as a result of climate change. Likewise, over the previous 50 years, there have been five times as many calamities.
Moreover, low-income nations are being hit the hardest by this. Since 2000, the ten nations that have received the most UN requests about weather extremes have seen a 123% increase in the number of people.
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These are those people who are severely hungry from 21.3 million to 47.5 million. The worst-hit countries are Afghanistan, Burkina Faso, Djibouti, Guatemala, Haiti, Kenya, Madagascar, Niger, Somalia, and Zimbabwe.
Furthermore, the G20 nations rank among the world’s most polluting, accounting for almost 77% of global carbon emissions. This dwarfs the 0.13% emissions from the ten nations with the greatest climate change impacts.
Hence, Oxfam has urged the world to come together and halt this injustice. Encourage the G20 leaders to reduce their emissions and pay these countries by spreading this.
