Hunger Hotspots: FAO/WFP Early Warnings on Acute Food Insecurity — November 2024 to May 2025 Outlook
Publisher: Global Network Against Food Crises, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, and World Food Programme
Date: 2024
Topics: Climate Change, Renewable Resources
According to the latest Hunger Hotspots report, GNAFC partners – the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) – warn that acute food insecurity is set to increase in both magnitude and severity across 22 countries and territories from November 2024 to May 2025, the spread of conflict, particularly in the Middle East – coupled with climate and economic stressors – is pushing millions of people to the brink. The report spotlights the regional fallout from the crisis in Gaza which has seen Lebanon engulfed in conflict and warns that the La Niña weather pattern could impact climates through March 2025, threatening fragile food systems in already vulnerable regions.