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UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday warned that climate change and conflict are both a consequence and a driver of poverty, income inequality, and food prices, Report mentions, referring to AP.
According to him, poverty, income inequality, and the high cost of food continue to keep healthy diets out of the reach of some 3 billion people.
Earlier this month, a UN report noted that up to 161 million more people faced hunger last year than in 2019, with much of that widened suffering likely linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thus, in 2020, as many as 811 million people faced hunger.
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