Think local, says new FAO report, pointing towards ‘hunger-free and healthy’ Europe, Central Asia

Eight UN agencies on Tuesday published a new report aimed at helping countries address chronic food insecurity and nutrition crises across Europe and Central Asia, made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the war in Ukraine. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2023/03/1134587
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Think local, says new FAO report, pointing towards ‘hunger-free and healthy’ Europe, Central Asia

Think local, says new FAO report, pointing towards ‘hunger-free and healthy’ Europe, Central Asia

14 Mar 2023

Eight UN agencies on Tuesday published a new report aimed at helping countries address chronic food insecurity and nutrition crises across Europe and Central Asia, made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, and the war in Ukraine.

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COVID, natural hazards and climate crisis in Asia and the Pacific expand ‘riskcape’

25 Aug 2021

The convergence of the COVID-19 pandemic with natural hazards, made worse by climate change, has reshaped and expanded the disaster “riskscape” in Asia and the Pacific, according to a new report published on Wednesday by the UN’s regional commission there.

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Surge in poverty-stricken children in Eastern Europe, Central Asia

17 Oct 2022

Rising inflation and the Ukraine war have triggered a 19 per cent increase in child poverty across Eastern Europe and Central Asia, according to a study by the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), published on Monday, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.