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The world faces an exponential increase in hunger fuelled by the climate crisis if urgent global action to help communities adapt to climatic shocks and stresses is ignored, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) warned ahead of World Food Day. WFP

Young people in Tonga are learning the traditional craft of canoe making to create jobs, tackle obesity and protect their local fishing ecosystems. IFAD

Children under the age of 2 are not getting the food or nutrients they need to thrive and grow well, leading to irreversible developmental harm, according to a new report released by UNICEF today. UNICEF

General Assembly proclaims World Wetlands Day, World Cotton Day, expresses solidarity with Haiti, as it adopts 3 resolutions.

Young people living in the Central African Republic, Chad, Nigeria, Guinea, and Guinea-Bissau are the most at risk of the impacts of climate change, threatening their health, education, and protection, and exposing them to deadly diseases, according to a UNICEF report launched today. UNICEF

Thousands of hectares of restored Mangroves are changing the lives of local fishing communities in Senegal by helping them tackle and adapt to the climate change. IFAD

The Secretary-General’s Chef de Cabinet, Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, told the Security Council that “maritime security is being undermined at alarming levels.” UNIFEED

Issuing presidential statement, Security Council underlines importance of maritime safety, safeguarding oceans for legitimate use.

Indigenous Peoples are the guardians of 80 percent of the Earth’s biodiversity, nevertheless their protective role is increasingly at risk due to climate change and the expansion of various industrial and commercial activities. FAO / FILE

Ambassador T.S. Tirumurti of India, who is presiding the Security Council during the month of August, called for “all violence” and “ties with international terrorism" to end in Afghanistan, as this “will have a direct impact on India.” UNIFEED