UN Chief and Special Envoy urge action to avoid global food emergency amid COVID-19

UN Secretary-General António Guterres and UN Special Envoy Agnes Kalibata have warned that the COVID-19 epidemic could trigger a “global food emergency” that could see a doubling of the number of hungry people around the world. Guterres and Kalibata were speaking at the launch of a UN policy brief on the impact of COVID-19 on food security and nutrition.

“Countries face an agonizing trade-off between saving lives or livelihoods or, in a worst-case scenario, saving people from COVID-19 to have them die from hunger.” -- UN Special Envoy Agnes Kalibata

Download the policy brief here, or read the full Associated Press news article covering the launch.

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UN Chief and Special Envoy urge action to avoid global food emergency amid COVID-19

UN Special Envoy calls for a focus on food at next climate talks to limit global heating and prevent future famines

Madagascar could be experiencing world’s first ‘climate-induced famine,’ as farmers across Africa try to adapt

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