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Release of the Global Report on Food Crises 2023 and high-level launch event – 3 May 2023, 15:00-16:00 CEST
Key stocktaking report provides overview of the state of global food crises, including key drivers and potential solutions
On 3 May 2023, the Global Network against Food Crises (GNAFC) – the leading international alliance working to address the root causes of food crises and promote sustainable solutions – will release its flagship publication, The Global Report on Food Crises 2023 (GRFC). The report provides a comprehensive analysis of key factors driving food crises globally, including conflict, climate change and, increasingly, economic shocks.
The 2023 edition of the annual report finds that acute food insecurity continues to rise, whilethe ripple effects of the war in Ukraine are increasingly becoming a major driver of hunger, particularly in the world’s poorest countries. The report also examines the growing role that economic shocks are playing in driving food crises.
The Global Report on Food Crises 2023 is produced for the Global Network by the Food Security Information Network (FSIN) and represents the views of 16 of the world’s leading humanitarian and development organizations.
The report will go live at 10:00h CEST on the GNAFC website, http://www.fightfoodcrises.net.
Virtual high-level launch event
Beginning at 15:00 CEST on 3 May, a virtual high-level event will bring together leaders from the European Union, the United Nations and intergovernmental organizations. After a presentation of the report’s key findings, they will discuss the implications and chart a collective response to the acute hunger situation the world confronts today. The event will be moderated byReena Ghelani, appointed by the UN Secretary-General as the UN’s Famine Prevention and Response Coordinator.
Speakers include:
– QU Dongyu, Director-General, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
– Cindy Hensley McCain, Executive Director, the UN’s World Food Programme (WFP)
– Jutta Urpilainen – European Commissioner for International Partnerships (INTPA)
– Janez Lenarčič – European Commissioner for Crisis Management (ECHO)
– Workneh Gebeyehu, the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), Executive Secretary
– Abdoulaye Mohamadou, the Permanent Interstate Committee for drought control in the Sahel (CILSS), Executive Secretary
Follow the event
Those interested can register for the virtual Zoom event [here.](https://fao.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UjFW6wHGSoWy1xSrWvXhFA#/registration) The launch will also be streamed on the FAO webcast platform [here](https://www.fao.org/webcast/home/en/).
Experts at FAO and other Global Network against Food Crises partner organizations are available for interviews upon request.
About the Global Network
Launched in 2016 by the European Union, FAO and WFP, the GNAFC seeks to better link, integrate, and guide existing initiatives, partnerships, programmes and policy processes to sustainable address the root causes of crises. The alliance now includes the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the World Bank.
RESOURCES[Global Network against Food Crises](http://www.fightfoodcrises.net/)
[Launch event](https://www.fightfoodcrises.net/events/grfc-2023)[Food Security Information Network](https://www.fsinplatform.org/)
[Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) global platform](http://www.ipcinfo.org/)
[Cadre Harmonisé](https://d.docs.live.net/6645a7212dfb5827/Desktop/FAO%20-%20working%20on/04%2026%20-%20Global%20Report%20Food%20Crises%20(2021)/ipcinfo.org/cadre-harmonise)