MPs to investigate progress on Zero Hunger goals
On Tuesday 10 December, MPs will consider how the international community can deliver on its goal to eradicate hunger by 2030.
In 2015, the international community set ambitious goals to address global challenges: the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
SDG 2 aimed to end hunger by 2030. But the number of people experiencing hunger has increased significantly, from 589 million in 2015 to 768 in 2021. These figures continue to rise.
Climate change is expected to worsen the situation, with 40% of the global population living in areas highly vulnerable to climate extremes and therefore to food insecurity.
Meeting details
Scope of the evidence session
The evidence session will explore experiences ranging from the local to the global, and consider whether all levels of the international community are being included in global policymaking.
MPs will begin the session by hearing evidence from smallholder farmers in Kenya and Malawi. MPs will ask the farmers for details of their experiences of growing crops, what challenges they face, and what kind of support they are offered.
Later, members will hear from local NGOs working in Malawi and Pakistan, asking for their experience of ‘localisation’: development programmes that are owned, designed and led by the local communities likely to be most impacted.
Finally, MPs will explore the international picture. Hearing evidence from France’s Special Envoy on Nutrition, they will consider what barriers are obstructing progress towards ending global hunger, and the successes and challenges of international fora on nutrition like the Nutrition for Growth summit in March 2025.