The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has warned that the impact of the climate crisis is threatening the right to food, and it is projected to place up to 80 million more at risk by the middle of this century.
Türk said during the 53rd session of the Human Rights Council, held on Monday, “Our topic this morning is the right to food, and clearly this is comprehensively threatened by climate change. Extreme weather events, and both sudden and gradual disasters caused by climate change, wipe out crops, herds, fisheries and entire ecosystems.”
It should be mentioned that in 2021, more than 828 million people faced severe hunger due to climate change and the state of unrest across the world, the UN said.
