ZERO HUNGER CAMPAIGN 2024
This year, Fondazione PRO.SA is once again launching the Zero Hunger Campaign, in line with the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 2, from which it takes its name. The campaign aims to eradicate hunger, ensure food security, and improve nutrition in countries where the Global Hunger Index still shows severe levels of hunger.
But where do we really stand?
The overlap of multiple crises is slowing progress in the fight against hunger. As 2030—the target year for achieving Zero Hunger—approaches, the 2024 Global Hunger Index (GHI) clearly shows that the world is far from reaching this critical goal. The realization of the right to adequate food remains out of reach for billions of people. Progress in reducing the four GHI indicators—undernourishment, child stunting, child wasting, and child mortality—is falling short of internationally agreed targets. Many countries and territories are experiencing unprecedented levels of acute food insecurity, with potentially disastrous consequences for long-term development.
The Global Hunger Index score for 2024 is 18.3, classified as moderate—a modest decline from 18.8 in 2016. However, this global score masks wide regional variations. The situation is particularly concerning in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, where hunger remains severe.
Hunger is severe or alarming in 42 countries
Dozens of countries still experience dangerously high levels of hunger. The 2024 GHI scores indicate that hunger is at an alarming level in six countries: Burundi, Chad, Madagascar, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen. In another 36 countries, it is classified as severe. Setbacks are also evident: in 22 countries with moderate, severe, or alarming 2024 GHI scores, hunger has increased compared to 2016. In 20 countries, progress has largely stalled. A small number of countries—including Bangladesh, Mozambique, Nepal, Somalia, and Togo—have seen significant improvements, though hunger levels remain too high.
Causes
The main drivers of these results include large-scale armed conflicts, climate change, high food prices, market disruptions, economic recessions, and debt crises in many low- and middle-income countries. Globally, over 115 million people are affected by internal displacement or forced migration due to persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations, or civil unrest, and many others have been displaced by extreme weather events. The wars in Gaza and Sudan have triggered food crises of exceptional magnitude. Inequalities—both between countries and within them—are increasing.
GENDER JUSTICE, CLIMATE RESILIENCE, AND FOOD & NUTRITION SECURITY
The intersection of gender inequality, food insecurity, and climate change places extreme pressure on families, communities, and countries. Gender interacts with climate and food security challenges in ways that are often overlooked in related policies and interventions. Women and girls are typically the most affected by food insecurity and malnutrition. They also bear a disproportionate burden from extreme weather events and climate emergencies. Various forms of discrimination—formal and informal, systemic and individual—limit their access to resources and opportunities, preventing them from acting effectively for their own well-being, supporting others, and contributing to transformative changes in food systems and climate resilience.
Fonte: Indice Globale della Fame 2024 pubblicato da Global Hunger Index How Gender Justice Can Advance Climate Resilience And Zero Hunger - Download the Global Hunger Index