At COP30, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned that a 1°C rise in global temperatures could thrust an additional 70 million people into food insecurity across the 45 countries where it operates, highlighting the urgent need to expand disaster risk financing.
The programme continued, “Extreme weather is exacerbating a global hunger crisis, as seen in recent disasters, Hurricane Melissa in the Caribbean and Typhoon Fung-Wong in the Philippines.
“Storms, floods and droughts displace people from their homes, disrupt agricultural systems and break up supply chains.”
According to the WFP, a significant reduction in aid funding has also heightened the risk, leaving many fragile communities without the resources needed to prepare for, respond to, and recover from climate-driven disasters.
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