A world on the brink: Why global hunger is rising despite abundant resources

Hunger is spreading worldwide due to conflicts, climate change, and economic crises — not merely because of a lack of resources — amid a decline in international aid. This destabilises societies, intensifies competition over resources, enables extremist groups to use food as a recruitment tool, and worsens wide-ranging consequences, even though the world has the capacity to address the crisis. The world is facing successive waves of food insecurity and hunger, especially in developin