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There's a comprehensive list of challenges impacting the wider world- but fixing them poses a costly challenge.

World hunger, health, war, education, poverty and climate change are among the problems that need addressing, but fixing them remains elusive.

Author and Copenhagen Consensus Center president Bjorn Lomborg says he's working with economists to identify cost-efficient solutions to these problems.

"That's not the only thing you need to think about, but it's an important part. How much will it cost, and how much good will it do? I'm simply saying- why don't we try to do the stuff that does the most good for the least money?"

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It’s heartbreaking when a drought or flood causes crops in a region to fail, and children to go hungry. Kids can starve to death or endure social, economic, and health problems well into adulthood due to malnutrition. 

But what if there was a way to predict when these weather disasters are likely to happen, so governments, aid organizations, and residents could prepare?

A team at the University of Chicago says people could already do this, using one of the best-known weather patterns: the El Niño Southern Oscillation or ENSO.

“ENSO has destabilizing effects on agriculture, economic production, and social stability throughout areas of the global tropics that are teleconnected to it. It has been linked to human health outcomes directly through its effects on vector- and water-borne infectious diseases, as well as indirectly by decreasing agricultural yields and increasing food insecurity and the likelihood of conflict,” they write in a Nature Communications article.

It's possible to predict this Pacific Ocean-based pattern, says Dr. Amir Jina, an Assistant Professor at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy and a Senior Fellow at the Energy Policy Institute of Chicago. In this episode of One World, One Health, listen as Dr. Jina explains how people could use predictions about El Niño years to get ahead of some of the forces that make children go hungry.

In this episode of All Things Policy, Saurabh Todi and Shambhavi Naik discuss the importance of the Green Revolution and Dr. M.S. Swaminathan's role. They discuss how science and policy intersect and the steps needed to usher in the next green revolution.

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2. MS Swaminathan’s evergreen revolution: Productivity without ecological harm

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Olga Schmidt from Creative Society joins the Rock Pod to discuss the organization's mission and how it aims to create a sustainable and harmonious society. The Creative Society project started about ten years ago when volunteers from around the world conducted interviews and research to understand people's desires for a better society. Based on millions of interviews, eight pillars of the Creative Society were formed. The organization focuses on addressing global crises such as poverty, environmental degradation, and lack of access to education and healthcare. Olga emphasizes the need for a multidisciplinary approach and the importance of uniting scientists to find solutions to climate change. She also highlights the benefits of the Creative Society, including universal basic income, free healthcare and education, economic stability, and unrestricted travel. Olga encourages listeners to get involved by spreading awareness about the Creative Society and its goals.  Creative Society believes that human life is the highest value.

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Dr. Rovshan Muradov is the Secretary General of the Nizami Ganjavi International Center ( https://www.nizamiganjavi-ic.org/ ), a leading international cultural organization based in Baku, Azerbaijan, aimed at promoting Dialogue, Understanding, Learning and Tolerance across the globe. He is also a Fellow of the World Academy of Art and Sciences, Board of Governance Member of the East West Bridge, and the driving force behind the huge success of the Baku International Forum which assembles dozens of current and former heads of state or government and hundreds of academicians from all over the world to help solve critical global issues. Born in 1987, Dr. Muradov studied at the State Economic University/Azerbaijan and graduated with a masters in International Economic Relations, and was later accepted for the doctorate program in political science. He also studied at Cambridge College Boston/USA, Sterling University Edinburgh/UK, and the University of Georgia Tbilisi. In 2007, Dr. Muradov was nominated to represent the Republic of Azerbaijan at the United Nations General Assembly as a youth delegate and the only delegate serving for the full 4-year term. He is also Founder of the first and the biggest Student Youth Organization in the Republic of Azerbaijan with 17,000 student members. Dr. Muradov also interned at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Communication and Information Technologies, and State Committee on work with the Diaspora. He has lectured at the State Economic University, participated at international scientific conferences in Tbilisi, Bucharest, London, Istanbul, Alexandria and Warsaw, and has also published several books dedicated to the economic situation of Caucasus Region, and cultural and historical view on Azerbaijan. He worked as a Country coordinator, and later International Advisory Board Member, of the Youth Employment Summit International Organization based in Massachusetts, USA. 

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For more than 40 years, Lynne Twist has been a recognized global visionary committed to alleviating poverty, ending world hunger, empowering the status of women and girls, supporting social justice, and environmental sustainability.

The breadth and scope of Lynne’s work range from working with Mother Teresa in Calcutta, to working with refugees in camps in Ethiopia and the threatened rainforests of the Amazon, as well as guiding the philanthropy of some of the world’s wealthiest families and working directly with the women who won the Nobel Peace Prize. Lynne’s on-the-ground work has brought her a deep understanding of global issues, the challenges women and girls face worldwide, people’s relationship with money, and the transformation of human consciousness. Her extensive knowledge and experience have led her to profound insights into the social tapestry of the world and the historical landscape of the times in which we are living.

Lynne wrote a best-selling, award-winning book called, “The Soul of Money: Transforming Your Relationship with Money and Life” (W.W. Norton, 2003) which has been translated into nine languages including Korean, Chinese, Vietnamese, French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Bulgarian and Portuguese.

Lynne’s newest book, “Living a Committed Life: Finding Freedom and Fulfillment in a Purpose Larger Than Yourself” (Berrett-Koehler, November 2022) demonstrates how a commitment to a purpose larger than yourself can enliven and empower you. In this book, Lynne shares stories and perspectives gained from her decades as a global thought leader and activist working to end hunger and poverty, protect the Amazon rainforest, empower women’s leadership, and transform people’s relationships with money. Living a Committed Life presents her vision for a world that works for everyone as well as her guiding principles for living a life of commitment and joyous action.

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On Feb. 24th of this year, Russia started its special operations war with Ukraine. As the war unfolded, Putin soon learned he had miscalculated the strong resistance of the Ukraine people. Another miscalculation was what the war was amplifying even more, and that was taking the current global food crisis has gone from worse to a pending nightmare for many. 

Supporting links

1.     5 Key Takeaways From Report Warning of ‘Hurricane of Hunger’ [Global Citizen]

2.     Ukraine War Pushing Millions to Starvation Worldwide [Amanpour & Co./YouTube]

3.     Responding to the Ukraine emergency [World Food Programme]

4.     Fighting With a Spatula Instead of a Gun [That’s Life I Swear Podcast]

Data Information

1.     Looming Food Crisis [FINCA]

2.     The war in Ukraine is fueling a global food crisis [Reuters Graphics]

3.     Apocalypse now? The alarming effects of the global food crisis [The Guardian]

4.     International Rescue Committee [Website]

5.     How Long Does It Take For Wheat To Grow [Yard Garden Guru]

Other ‘food crisis’ information

1.     Countries in the world by population (2022) [Wordometer]

2.     Share The Meal [Website]

Definitions

1.     Famine [World Food Programme] 

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Today is a more serious episode, discussing my mom's recent hospital stay, world hunger, politics and money. Can we make a difference by starting small? Staying local and within our own communities and driving change in big ways? Follow on instagram @DeadEndConvos. New episode every Tuesday at 1:00pm EST.

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Happy Financial Literacy Month! And...  April of 2020 I released my first podcast episode, so,  happy anniversary to WhyFI Matters! Thank you all so much for listening to this podcast. Today I wanted to talk about a subject that I haven't really discussed on the podcast before, but it definitely relates to economic empowerment, poverty, and also current events like the pandemic. I wanted to learn more about the intersection between food insecurity and the COVID 19 pandemic.  I've invited Stephanie Asymkos on the podcast to discuss these topics. Stephanie is a personal finance reporter at Yahoo finance, and she writes on food insecurity, hunger, travel, and retirement.

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Solving world hunger—or “food insecurity”—is really hard. The solutions are not particularly sexy, and they require a very long-term outlook. We wanted to learn more about the problem and the innovators who are working to solve it.

In part 1 of this conversation, Brown Advisory's Emily High Daniels sat down with two leaders at opposite ends of the impact spectrum. Barron Segar, President and CEO of the World Food Program USA (the program was awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize), is driving innovation and progress on a massive global scale. Mira Mehta is the Founder and CEO of Tomato Jos, a for-profit social enterprise whose mission is to make farming profitable and sustainable for smallholder farmers, while moving their communities toward the middle class. Listen to this conversation in Season 2 | Episode 3.

In this episode—part 2—we welcome two more entrepreneurs. Ezinne Uzo-Okuro, CEO of Terraformers, is using her background as a NASA scientist to empower people to grow healthy food and create sustainable livelihoods. Manuela Zierau, Global Lead of H2Grow, works with communities to grow food—and well-being—in impossible places. Private Client CIO Sid Ahl and CrossBoundary’s Kirtika Challa join Emily to discuss investment takeaways. 

Guests:
Barron Segar
CEO, World Food Program USA

Manuela Zierau
Venture Project Manager, H2Grow

Ezinne Uzo-Okuro
CEO, Terraformers

Host:
Emily High Daniels
Strategic Advisor, Brown Advisory

Investment Commentary:

Sid Ahl, CFA
CIO for Private Client, Endowments and Foundations, Brown Advisory

Kirtika Challa
Head of Tunisia Advisory, CrossBoundary

Background Reading

• Growth in the Time of COVID: How a Hydroponics Project is Keeping Refugees in Chad Fed During the Pandemic, WFP Innovation Accelerator, December 18, 2020 
• A Nigerian Tomato-Farming Business Shows the Human Impact of Private Investment, Invest, USAID, August 21,2020
• Unlocking Innovation to Disrupt Global Hunger, Fast Company, July 29, 2020
• COVID-19 is Exacerbating Food Shortages in Africa, World Economic Forum, April 27, 2020
• United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger
• United Nations World Food Programme | Nigeria
• Hunger in America, Feeding America 

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Featuring Barron Segar, USA CEO of Nobel Peace Prizewinner World Food Program, and Mira Mehta, Founder/CEO, Tomato Jos

Solving world hunger—or “food insecurity”—is really hard. The solutions are not particularly sexy, and they require a very long-term outlook. We wanted to learn more about the problem and those who are trying to solve it.

In part 1 of this conversation, Brown Advisory's Emily High Daniels sat down with two leaders at opposite ends of the impact spectrum. Barron Segar, President and CEO of the World Food Program USA (the program was awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize), is driving innovation and progress on a massive global scale. Mira Mehta is the Founder and CEO of Tomato Jos, a for-profit social enterprise whose mission is to make farming profitable and sustainable for smallholder farmers, while moving their communities toward the middle class. From their very different vantage points, Barron and Mira show us how scalable innovation and long-term thinking can translate into progress over time.

In part 2 (which will drop next week), we welcome two additional entrepreneurs (Ezinne Uzo-Okuro, CEO of Terraformers, and Manuela Zierau, Global Lead of H2Grow). Then Emily sits down with Brown Advisory’s Sid Ahl and Kirtika Challa, who leads the Tunisian advisory practice for frontier-market advisor CrossBoundary, to discuss the investment implications for clients. 

Guests:
Barron Segar
CEO, World Food Program USA

Mira Mehta
Founder and CEO, Tomato Jos

Host:
Emily High Daniels
Strategic Advisor, Brown Advisory

Background Reading

• A Nigerian Tomato-Farming Business Shows the Human Impact of Private Investment, Invest, USAID, August 21,2020
• COVID-19 is Exacerbating Food Shortages in Africa, World Economic Forum, April 27, 2020
• United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 2: Zero Hunger
• United Nations World Food Programme | Nigeria
• Hunger in America, Feeding America 

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As Covid vaccines become available, health officials, policymakers, philanthropic organizations and people like you and me are being confronted with numerous ethical challenges and moral dilemmas. Who should get the vaccines first and how long should others wait? What about the inequality of access to vaccines between countries?

Some of us may agree that rich countries have a moral responsibility to subsidize vaccination programs around the world. But how best can this be achieved? And what types of principles such as fairness, equity, effectiveness and reciprocity should we apply?

To discuss these issues, I am joined by Aksel Braanen Sterri, a Norwegian political scientist and philosopher who has recently argued that Norway should donate all its vaccines to low-income countries, and that Norway should be at the back of the vaccine queue rather than being in front. He also claims that helping these more needy countries ought to be viewed as an investment in our common future rather than an act of charity. 

Aksel recently completed a PhD in philosophy and teaches applied ethics at the University of Oslo. In addition to being a postdoctoral fellow, he writes a column in an influential Norwegian daily and is a regular contributor to the Norwegian public debate on a wide range of social and political issues.

We discussed the role of philosophers in addressing current global challenges, the various proposals currently doing the rounds on how best the world can distribute Covid vaccines, why Norway and other rich countries ought to subsidise or donate vaccines to more needy countries and groups and what constitutes vaccine justice.

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The Nobel Peace Prize this year was awarded to the World Food Program (WFP). In its announcement, the Norwegian Nobel committee emphasized that “providing assistance to increase food security not only prevents hunger, but can also help to improve prospects for stability and peace”.

The WPF indeed appears to be a worthy winner of this prestigious award. It is the world’s largest humanitarian agency, and currently assists over 100 million people in 88 countries. It is also the frontline UN agency responding to emergencies caused by conflict, climate shocks, pandemics and other disasters. And currently it is involved in addressing ongoing emergencies in 20 countries or regions, the majority of these emergencies have been fuelled by conflict. It has also in recent months warned the international community that acute hunger in the 88 countries in which it operates could reach 270 million people by the end of the year — an 82 percent increase on 2019.

For many years, world hunger was on the decline. More food was being produced around the world and access was gradually improving. But since 2014, the number of undernourished people or people facing chronic food deprivation, has been on the rise. 

Latest estimates from the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the UN suggest that 9.7 percent of the world population (or slightly less than 750 million people) was exposed to severe levels of food insecurity in 2019. Indeed, in all regions of the world except Northern America and Europe, the prevalence of severe food insecurity has increased from 2014 to 2019. But even this is only a part of the story, because an additional 16 percent of the world population, or more than 1.25 billion people, experience food insecurity at moderate levels. And this group, which is moderately food insecure, does not have regular access to nutritious and sufficient food, even if they are not necessarily suffering from hunger. 

Some countries, such as Yemen, are on the edge of famine and Covid is making hunger even more acute in large parts of the world. So, the scale of the problem of world hunger is enormous, which makes this year’s Nobel Peace Prize even more relevant and timely.

According to several studies, conflict is an important driver of severe food crisis and famines, and undernutrition is particularly a major problem in situations of prolonged conflicts and in countries and regions with weak institutional capacity.

Guest: Ida Rudolfsen is a PhD student at the Department of Peace and Conflict Research at Uppsala University. She is also affiliated with the Peace Research Institute in Oslo (PRIO). 

Resources:

• Covid-19, food access, and social upheaval  (July 2020)
• The World Food Program won the Nobel Peace Prize. Does food aid boost peace? (Monkey Cage blog, Washington Post, October 2020)
• Ida Rudolfsen on Twitter
• Dan Banik and In Pursuit of Development on Twitter
   

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