17Oct 2026
FAO
World Food Forum 2026: FAO calls for smarter water governance to safeguard food security
FAO launches digital platform to guide sustainable irrigation investment
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17Oct 2026
UNEP
Rotting food is supercharging the climate crisis. Here’s what to do about that.
Ending the food waste epidemic is both a food security imperative and a climate necessity, because rotting food produces the powerful greenhouse gas methane.
16Oct 2026
FAO
World Food Forum 2026: FAO calls for smarter water governance to safeguard food security
FAO launches digital platform to guide sustainable irrigation investment
16Oct 2026
FAO
World Food Forum 2026: FAO calls for smarter water governance to safeguard food security
FAO launches digital platform to guide sustainable irrigation investment
16Oct 2026
United Nations News
Security Council LIVE: Sudan’s war spreads as drones and hunger take a deadly toll
As drone strikes kill civilians from El Obeid to Blue Nile and famine risk spreads across Darfur and Kordofan, the Security Council meets on Sudan – the world’s largest hunger and displacement crisis. Ambassadors…
16Oct 2026
UNDP News Centre
Global Innovation Initiative for Sustainable Agriculture
Cultiv@te, a global technology and innovation initiative for sustainable agriculture was announced today at the Singapore inTech Festival (SFF) and Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Chief Digital…
16Oct 2026
UNEP
Rotting food is supercharging the climate crisis. Here’s what to do about that.
Ending the food waste epidemic is both a food security imperative and a climate necessity, because rotting food produces the powerful greenhouse gas methane.
15Oct 2026
FAO
World Food Forum 2026: FAO calls for smarter water governance to safeguard food security
FAO launches digital platform to guide sustainable irrigation investment
15Oct 2026
United Nations News
Afghanistan faces record hunger levels amid rampant rights violations
Acute malnutrition and hunger in Afghanistan have reached the highest levels ever recorded, with 15.9 million people facing acute food insecurity and conditions set to worsen in the coming months, according to a global…
15Oct 2026
UNEP
Rotting food is supercharging the climate crisis. Here’s what to do about that.
Ending the food waste epidemic is both a food security imperative and a climate necessity, because rotting food produces the powerful greenhouse gas methane.
14Oct 2026
United Nations News
Yemen: WFP warns of potential ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ as fighting blocks aid delivery
Intensifying fighting in Yemen has cut off life-saving assistance to 800,000 people as shifting frontlines, blocked roads and growing insecurity severely restrict access to the city of Taiz and other conflict zones, the UN…
14Oct 2026
UNEP
Rotting food is supercharging the climate crisis. Here’s what to do about that.
Ending the food waste epidemic is both a food security imperative and a climate necessity, because rotting food produces the powerful greenhouse gas methane.
13Oct 2026
United Nations News
Yemen: Houthi siege, cholera outbreak and aid cuts put civilians in the crosshairs
Yemen’s southwestern city of Taiz is facing a “devastating” humanitarian crisis as escalating tensions are dramatically driving up food prices and causing shortages of supplies, the UN Spokesperson said on Tuesday.
13Oct 2026
United Nations News
‘Need for UN has never been greater,’ UN chief says, proposing slimmer $3.3 billion budget for 2027
Amid climate disruption, an AI revolution, war and growing hunger, “the need for the United Nations has never been greater,” Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, presenting a $3.3 billion programme budget proposal for…
12Oct 2026
United Nations News
Sudan: Drought and war push Darfur and Kordofan towards famine
The risk of famine is growing in parts of Sudan already torn apart by war, as a severe El Niño drought makes life even harder in Greater Darfur and Greater Kordofan, the UN-backed global…
10Oct 2026
UN News
In the Mekong Delta, a push to grow food with saltwater
For generations, farming in Viet Nam’s Mekong Delta has depended on a delicate bargain. The river flooded, retreated and flooded again, carrying freshwater and sediment across a flat landscape whose vast fields helped turn…
10Oct 2026
United Nations News
In the Mekong Delta, a push to grow food with saltwater
For generations, farming in Viet Nam’s Mekong Delta has depended on a delicate bargain. The river flooded, retreated and flooded again, carrying freshwater and sediment across a flat landscape whose vast fields helped turn…
08Oct 2026
United Nations News
Darfur: Healthcare needs outstrip resources as Security Council extends Sudan sanctions
More than 700,000 displaced people in Tawila, in Sudan’s war-ravaged Darfur region, face severe shortages of healthcare, food, water and protection, the UN World Health Organization (WHO) warned on Thursday as it called for…
07Oct 2026
United Nations News
World News in Brief: Child migrants in Europe, Greenland forced contraception scandal, FAO hunger updates
New data on child migrants published on Wednesday highlighted the harrowing treatment many face while travelling to Europe in search of work and shelter.
06Oct 2026
United Nations News
From drought to deluge: ‘Super’ El Niño’s expanding reach
Across Papua New Guinea, water sources are drying up, crops are failing and food prices are rising months before the worst agricultural impacts are expected. Behind those warning signs is an El Niño whose…
05Oct 2026
United Nations News
Sudan: Driver killed in aerial attack on aid trucks in South Kordofan
The World Food Programme (WFP) has strongly condemned a deadly airstrike on two clearly marked aid trucks in South Kordofan, Sudan, this past weekend.
03Oct 2026
UN News — Climate
Rotting food waste emits 5 times more greenhouse gases than planes
Rotting food waste is causing up to 10 per cent of total global greenhouse gas emissions – five times more than the entire aviation sector, the UN’s environment agency warned this week.
02Oct 2026
United Nations News
World News in Brief: Cycle of violence continues in Haiti, seafarer deaths off Somalia, food insecurity in the Middle East
Haitians remain in the grip of lethal gang violence as it continues to “adapt and expand”, the UN’s top rights official, Volker Türk, said on Friday.
02Oct 2026
United Nations News
Escalating fighting in Yemen deepens food security crisis
Renewed conflict in Yemen has triggered a surge in hunger that could have consequences in the wider region and beyond, the World Food Programme (WFP) warned on Friday.
30Sep 2026
United Nations News
Somali families face renewed violence amid worsening hunger crisis
Children have been killed and injured in fresh fighting in Baidoa, in Somalia’s South West State, where families were already facing severe hunger and other overlapping crises.
30Sep 2026
United Nations News
Lebanon: one in five children goes to bed hungry, says UNICEF
Four in five households in Lebanon struggle to afford basic necessities today, with children increasingly going without food, missing school and being pushed into work as conflict compounds years of economic crisis. "I wanted…
17Oct 2026
European Environment Agency
Climate-resilient agriculture may benefit farmers’ incomes
Climate-resilient agriculture can help maintain productivity and stabilise farm incomes—while safeguarding food security and the ecosystem in Europe. Strategic investment and stronger governance are needed to support farms’ transition, shows an EEA briefing published…
17Oct 2026
European Environment Agency
Diversifying Europe’s protein supply could cut emissions and reliance on imported feed
Broadening the range of proteins that Europe produces and consumes could strengthen food security, improve resilience, enhance competitiveness and reduce environmental pressures, according to a new European Environment Agency (EEA) report. The benefits depend…
17Oct 2026
FAO
World Food Forum 2026: FAO calls for smarter water governance to safeguard food security
FAO launches digital platform to guide sustainable irrigation investment
17Oct 2026
UNEP
Rotting food is supercharging the climate crisis. Here’s what to do about that.
Ending the food waste epidemic is both a food security imperative and a climate necessity, because rotting food produces the powerful greenhouse gas methane.
16Oct 2026
FAO
World Food Forum 2026: FAO calls for smarter water governance to safeguard food security
FAO launches digital platform to guide sustainable irrigation investment
16Oct 2026
FAO
World Food Forum 2026: FAO calls for smarter water governance to safeguard food security
FAO launches digital platform to guide sustainable irrigation investment
16Oct 2026
United Nations News
Security Council LIVE: Sudan’s war spreads as drones and hunger take a deadly toll
As drone strikes kill civilians from El Obeid to Blue Nile and famine risk spreads across Darfur and Kordofan, the Security Council meets on Sudan – the world’s largest hunger and displacement crisis. Ambassadors…
16Oct 2026
UNDP News Centre
Global Innovation Initiative for Sustainable Agriculture
Cultiv@te, a global technology and innovation initiative for sustainable agriculture was announced today at the Singapore inTech Festival (SFF) and Singapore Week of Innovation and Technology by United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Chief Digital…
16Oct 2026
European Environment Agency
Climate-resilient agriculture may benefit farmers’ incomes
Climate-resilient agriculture can help maintain productivity and stabilise farm incomes—while safeguarding food security and the ecosystem in Europe. Strategic investment and stronger governance are needed to support farms’ transition, shows an EEA briefing published…
16Oct 2026
European Environment Agency
Diversifying Europe’s protein supply could cut emissions and reliance on imported feed
Broadening the range of proteins that Europe produces and consumes could strengthen food security, improve resilience, enhance competitiveness and reduce environmental pressures, according to a new European Environment Agency (EEA) report. The benefits depend…
16Oct 2026
UNEP
Rotting food is supercharging the climate crisis. Here’s what to do about that.
Ending the food waste epidemic is both a food security imperative and a climate necessity, because rotting food produces the powerful greenhouse gas methane.
15Oct 2026
FAO
World Food Forum 2026: FAO calls for smarter water governance to safeguard food security
FAO launches digital platform to guide sustainable irrigation investment
15Oct 2026
United Nations News
Afghanistan faces record hunger levels amid rampant rights violations
Acute malnutrition and hunger in Afghanistan have reached the highest levels ever recorded, with 15.9 million people facing acute food insecurity and conditions set to worsen in the coming months, according to a global…
15Oct 2026
European Environment Agency
Climate-resilient agriculture may benefit farmers’ incomes
Climate-resilient agriculture can help maintain productivity and stabilise farm incomes—while safeguarding food security and the ecosystem in Europe. Strategic investment and stronger governance are needed to support farms’ transition, shows an EEA briefing published…
15Oct 2026
European Environment Agency
Diversifying Europe’s protein supply could cut emissions and reliance on imported feed
Broadening the range of proteins that Europe produces and consumes could strengthen food security, improve resilience, enhance competitiveness and reduce environmental pressures, according to a new European Environment Agency (EEA) report. The benefits depend…
15Oct 2026
UNEP
Rotting food is supercharging the climate crisis. Here’s what to do about that.
Ending the food waste epidemic is both a food security imperative and a climate necessity, because rotting food produces the powerful greenhouse gas methane.
14Oct 2026
United Nations News
Yemen: WFP warns of potential ‘humanitarian catastrophe’ as fighting blocks aid delivery
Intensifying fighting in Yemen has cut off life-saving assistance to 800,000 people as shifting frontlines, blocked roads and growing insecurity severely restrict access to the city of Taiz and other conflict zones, the UN…
14Oct 2026
UNEP
Rotting food is supercharging the climate crisis. Here’s what to do about that.
Ending the food waste epidemic is both a food security imperative and a climate necessity, because rotting food produces the powerful greenhouse gas methane.
14Oct 2026
European Environment Agency
Climate-resilient agriculture may benefit farmers’ incomes
Climate-resilient agriculture can help maintain productivity and stabilise farm incomes—while safeguarding food security and the ecosystem in Europe. Strategic investment and stronger governance are needed to support farms’ transition, shows an EEA briefing published…
14Oct 2026
European Environment Agency
Diversifying Europe’s protein supply could cut emissions and reliance on imported feed
Broadening the range of proteins that Europe produces and consumes could strengthen food security, improve resilience, enhance competitiveness and reduce environmental pressures, according to a new European Environment Agency (EEA) report. The benefits depend…
13Oct 2026
United Nations News
Yemen: Houthi siege, cholera outbreak and aid cuts put civilians in the crosshairs
Yemen’s southwestern city of Taiz is facing a “devastating” humanitarian crisis as escalating tensions are dramatically driving up food prices and causing shortages of supplies, the UN Spokesperson said on Tuesday.
13Oct 2026
United Nations News
‘Need for UN has never been greater,’ UN chief says, proposing slimmer $3.3 billion budget for 2027
Amid climate disruption, an AI revolution, war and growing hunger, “the need for the United Nations has never been greater,” Secretary-General António Guterres said on Tuesday, presenting a $3.3 billion programme budget proposal for…
13Oct 2026
European Environment Agency
Climate-resilient agriculture may benefit farmers’ incomes
Climate-resilient agriculture can help maintain productivity and stabilise farm incomes—while safeguarding food security and the ecosystem in Europe. Strategic investment and stronger governance are needed to support farms’ transition, shows an EEA briefing published…
13Oct 2026
European Environment Agency
Diversifying Europe’s protein supply could cut emissions and reliance on imported feed
Broadening the range of proteins that Europe produces and consumes could strengthen food security, improve resilience, enhance competitiveness and reduce environmental pressures, according to a new European Environment Agency (EEA) report. The benefits depend…
12Oct 2026
United Nations News
Sudan: Drought and war push Darfur and Kordofan towards famine
The risk of famine is growing in parts of Sudan already torn apart by war, as a severe El Niño drought makes life even harder in Greater Darfur and Greater Kordofan, the UN-backed global…
10Oct 2026
United Nations News
In the Mekong Delta, a push to grow food with saltwater
For generations, farming in Viet Nam’s Mekong Delta has depended on a delicate bargain. The river flooded, retreated and flooded again, carrying freshwater and sediment across a flat landscape whose vast fields helped turn…
