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Kors conquers world hunger
2013-10-14 03:36:29| Apparel - Topix.net
Halle Berry and Michael Kors are combining their star power to help end world hunger.
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UN: Chronic Hunger Affects One in Eight People Worldwide
2013-10-02 19:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: Despite improved security, one in eight people worldwide suffered chronic hunger between 2011 and 2013, according to a report from three United Nations food agencies. The vast majority of the 842 million chronically hungry lived in the world's developing regions, although 15.7 million live in developed nations. The annual State of Food Insecurity in the World report, published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the...
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Hunger warning over climate change
2013-09-25 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: Climate change is set to push up food prices, increase hunger and reduce the quality of food, campaigners warn ahead of the publication of a key scientific review of global warming. With one in eight people in the world already going hungry, the pressure of rising temperatures and extreme weather events on production means more people will not be able to afford enough to eat, Oxfam warns. The number of people at risk of hunger could rise by 10 to 20 per cent by 2050 compared to a world where...
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Global Hunger to Rise with Global Temperatures, Oxfam Report Suggests
2013-09-23 23:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World News: A hotter world is a hungrier world, according to a report warning that climate change could leave millions more hungry and malnourished in coming decades. The paper, issued by the charity Oxfam, argues that the threat of climate change on food security is "much broader" than generally examined, "hitting incomes, food quality and human health in ways that are not yet well understood." The cycle laid out in the report of declining yields and food quality leading to rising food prices is one that...
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Aid groups warn of growing hunger and disease as planet warms
2013-09-23 04:36:06| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The potentially devastating effects of climate change on future generations are revealed today by two British aid groups, before a crucial UN report due out this week. On Friday the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is set to unveil its latest report on global warming. It is expected to show researchers increasing confidence that humans are the main cause of climate change, largely through use of fossil fuels. In a report on food security published today, Oxfam claims that climate...
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