Crisis, Famine, Action: a UK roadmap for ending global hunger
Despite the international community’s Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) to end hunger by 2030, the number of people facing extreme food insecurity around the world has risen.
We’re advocating for an end to world hunger.
Our work on programmes across the world – including the UK – is bolstered by our advocacy work here in the UK.
We regularly meet with government officials and MPs to discuss some of the biggest challenges our work faces. We provide data to drive change. We call on MPs to take action. And we advise on policy recommendations.
We bring together research and insights from across our global network. We take part in global processes like COP and other United Nations gatherings. We make sure that hunger stays on the agenda.
We are advocates. We are campaigners. And with our supporters, we will end hunger.
How we’re making a difference
Our advocacy team works tirelessly to make sure officials step up to the plate and end global hunger.
Calling for action
In March 2024, with our allies we brought together over 100 campaigners from across the UK to speak with their MPs and share their concerns about the situation in Gaza. Together we called for an immediate and permanent ceasefire.
Briefing parliament
In January 2024, we provided oral evidence to the International Development Committee’s enquiry into the UK’s progress on ending hunger worldwide. Our country directory for the Democratic Republic of the Congo spoke directly to parliamentarians about the need for the UK to step up to the plate and do more to end hunger and malnutrition.
In May 2024, we brought together a cross-party group of parliamentarians to brief them on how the UK can do more to address and prevent conflict-induced hunger.
Driving debate
Conflict is the biggest single cause of hunger in the world. In the worst cases, it can lead to people starving. In May 2024, we secured a debate in the House of Lords on conflict-induced food security.
Building expertise
Between July 2023 and January 2024, we joined with our partners to bring together civil society organisations, UN agencies and government representatives to discuss challenges and solutions to addressing conflict-induced hunger across multiple regions around the world.
The one-day dialogues were held in Nairobi, Panama and Dakar, with a further online event to address the Middle East context.
