The Critical Need to Align Climate and Nutrition Global Agendas at COP29

"When a child dies, half of the time, the underlying cause is malnutrition. Those who survive but continue to suffer from malnutrition don't grow mentally or physically to their potential."

"Long-term climate projections and near-term climate-related extreme events are and will continue to worsen malnutrition outcomes, especially for vulnerable populations such as women and children."

"Extreme events such as heat, prolonged droughts, and floods have devastating effects on women's pregnancies, leading to preterm births and stillbirths, as well as childhood nutrition outcomes."

"Modeling suggests that if no action is taken on climate change, there will be an additional 40 million children chronically undernourished and 28 million wasted children."

Read at State of the Planet