The goal of SDG 2, “Zero hunger” is to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture. Between 2014 and the start of the COVID-19 epidemic, the number of people experiencing food insecurity and hunger had constantly been rising. There were between 720 million and 811 million hungry people in the […]

SDG 1, “No Poverty,” is ambitious to end poverty in all its forms everywhere. The global poverty rate decreased from 36% in 1990 to 10% in 2015. Nonetheless, the COVID-19 pandemic caused the global poverty rate to spike from 8.3% in 2019 to 9.2% in 2020. It was the first increase in extreme poverty since […]