UN: Conflict, climate change driving hundreds of millions into hunger

Palestinian children suffering from malnutrition receive treatment at a health care center in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip on March 5, 2024.

A new analysis of the state of global hunger finds conflict, climate change, and economic shocks are driving an increasing number of people into acute hunger, jeopardizing gains made over previous years in achieving the United Nations’ Sustainable Development goal of ending hunger by 2030.