(Adnkronos) - In appena 4 anni, il numero di persone che soffrono la fame è aumentato del 26%. È evidente che i progressi fatti fino al 2015 stanno rallentando e l’obiettivo Fame zero entro il 2030 si allontana: a questi ritmi il mondo raggiungerà un livello di fame basso solo tra più di 130 anni. Il quadro che emerge dal Ghi - l’Indice Globale della Fame 2024, tra i principali rapporti internazionali sulla misurazione della fame nel mondo, curato da CESVI per l’edizione italiana, delinea uno scenario allarmante.
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00:00In just four years, the number of people who suffer from hunger has increased by 26%.
00:10It is evident that progress made until 2015 is slowing down and the goal of zero hunger by 2030 is moving away.
00:18The picture that emerges from the GII, the Global Hunger Index 2024,
00:22among the main international reports on the measurement of hunger in the world,
00:26curated by CESVI for the Italian edition, outlines an alarming scenario.
00:31In addition to evaluating trends and analyzing levels of hunger,
00:34this year's GII report deepens the importance of addressing gender inequality
00:39to achieve climate resilience and the goal of zero hunger.
00:43Acting in an interconnected way, with interconnected policies,
00:49to address gender inequalities,
00:53it would also allow to address inequalities in access to food.
01:00Climate crises and conflicts have increased malnutrition levels of over 200 million people.
01:07In the Gaza Strip, 96% of the population is precipitated
01:11in catastrophic or acute food insecurity due to the war.
01:15Just think about the fact that up to a few months ago,
01:19400,000 people, even in the Gaza Strip,
01:24lived substantially from domestic agriculture, from domestic farming.
01:29Our specific task is to try to support these realities with emergency activities,
01:36so that this subsistence agriculture, which has always given a hand,
01:42to the food security of that territory, of those communities.
01:49Extreme weather events and environmental degradation
01:52compromise the full realization of the right to food.
01:55Among the areas most affected by the climate crisis is the Horn of Africa,
01:59plagued both by floods and at the same time by drought.
02:03CESVI has been active for many years in the Horn of Africa region and in Ethiopia.
02:08We are activating several projects in the southern region of Ethiopia,
02:13in particular in Borena and in the Somali region of Ethiopia.
02:17The first project was aimed at an immediate response,
02:21so distribution of money, distribution of hygiene kits.
02:27The second project was aimed at strengthening early warning systems,
02:35to work with local authorities,
02:39trying gradually to allow communities to respond to emergencies
02:45without always needing the intervention of external actors.
02:50Finally, there is a third phase of the project,
02:53which is to provide long-term resilience.
02:57CESVI is carrying out irrigation projects to allow agricultural practices,
03:04even when there are drought seasons.
03:09Finally, we are also setting up insurance systems.
03:13The greatest damage to communities is obviously the death of the beast,
03:17and with the death of the beast there is the economic disaster for these communities.
03:22So we are trying to set up mechanisms that can mitigate
03:27the worst economic damage during droughts.