Climate change is fuelling a global hunger crisis — innovation could be the answer

Oct 14, 2022

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New and emerging technologies, like Artificial Intelligence and drones, can work at the nexus of food and climate change to improve resilience and help vulnerable people. Image: Pixabay/DJI-Agras

Bernhard Kowatsch

Head, Innovation Accelerator, United Nations World Food Programme (WFP)

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WFP's HungerMap Live combines data from surveys with AI models to map the areas worldwide most vulnerable to hunger or potential famine due to climate change. Image: WFP

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