The world produces enough food to feed 1.5 times the current population, and yet prevalence of hunger, malnutrition and famine are on the rise. Hunger and famine are not production problems; they are always caused by acts and omissions which deny people access to food. 

Climate change worsens this crisis, increasing vulnerabilities and enabling those in power to use starvation as a tool against marginalized communities. The rural communities dealing with the loss of traditional livelihoods and farmers who confront land-grabbing by powerful businesses are in many instances already severely affected by climate change and drought. 

Access to land and secure tenure rights are crucial for food security, especially for vulnerable groups like women, indigenous peoples, and migrants. The Right to Food offers a powerful framework to address these injustices, linking starvation and climate change in ways that demand urgent action.

Objectives of the Event
 

• To explore the connections between climate change, starvation, and the Right to Food. 
• To discuss the role of international and grassroots organizations, as well as academic institutions and student movements in advocating for food security.

Panellists

Keynote Speaker: 

• Michael Fakhri, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food 

Speakers: 

• Ms. Ana Maria Tablada Aguilar, Bosques del Mundo – Defending the right to food against extractivism and climate injustice - spotlighting the threat of oil exploration in Moskitia, Honduras 
• Ms. Lubnah Shomali AFA and Advocacy Unit Manager, Resource Center for Palestinian Residency & Refugee Rights (BADIL) – Addressing starvation as a means of war 
• Ms. Ayushi Kalyan, FIAN International, Rethinking food security monitoring in crises highlighting the manifestation of slow violence and structural causes of Right to Food violations that lead to starvation and famine 

Moderator: 

• Sibylle Dirren, FIAN International