"Climate Change is increasing Hunger worldwide"

“It is already clear that without a decisive change in direction, the world community is in danger of failing to reach the sustainability goals jointly agreed for 2030. The number of people going hungry has increased this year for the third time in a row. Climate change is also radically changing the life of many poor people in the global South, and it is proving to be an additional driver of hunger. In our partner countries, we can see how extreme weather events are exacerbating hunger and malnutrition. The people suffering most are the poorest, mainly women and small-scale farming families, who did not cause climate change, and whose very existence is threatened. By 2017, 95 million people could no longer feed themselves sufficiently due to climate crises. That is why we support the demands of the Fridays for Future movement. Climate change is a question of justice. We expect the German government to send a strong signal internationally and in Germany. We need a comprehensive climate protection law and fast and effective CO2 pricing. Also, poorer countries need financial and logistical support for fighting poverty, and disaster risk reduction”, demands Mathias Mogge, Secretary General of Welthungerhilfe.