Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 2: Zero Hunger

Zero Hunger


Goal 2 is about creating a world free of hunger by 2030.The global issue of hunger and food insecurity has shown an alarming increase since 2015, a trend exacerbated by a combination of factors including the pandemic, conflict, climate change, and deepening inequalities.

By 2022, approximately 735 million people – or 9.2% of the world’s population – found themselves in a state of chronic hunger – a staggering rise compared to 2019. This data underscores the severity of the situation, revealing a growing crisis.

In addition, an estimated 2.4 billion people faced moderate to severe food insecurity in 2022. This classification signifies their lack of access to sufficient nourishment. This number escalated by an alarming 391 million people compared to 2019.

The persistent surge in hunger and food insecurity, fueled by a complex interplay of factors, demands immediate attention and coordinated global efforts to alleviate this critical humanitarian challenge.

Extreme hunger and malnutrition remains a barrier to sustainable development and creates a trap from which people cannot easily escape. Hunger and malnutrition mean less productive individuals, who are more prone to disease and thus often unable to earn more and improve their livelihoods.

2 billion people in the world do not have regular access to safe, nutritious and sufficient food. In 2022, 148 million children had stunted growth and 45 million children under the age of 5 were affected by wasting.

Name Acronym Founded City HQ Country/Territory HQ Type I Type II

Convention Concerning Compulsory Invalidity Insurance for Persons Employed in Agricultural Undertakings

1933 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning Compulsory Old-age Insurance for Persons Employed in Agricultural Undertakings

1933 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning Compulsory Widows' and Orphans' Insurance for Persons Employed in Agricultural Undertakings

1933 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning Fishermen's Articles of Agreement

1959 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning Fishermen's Certificates of Competency

1966 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning Fishing in the Black Sea

1959 T g

Convention Concerning Fishing in the Waters of the Danube

1958 T g

Convention Concerning Food and Catering for Crews on Board Ship

1946 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning Holidays with Pay in Agriculture

1952 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning Labour Inspection in Agriculture

1969 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning Minimum Wage Fixing Machinery in Agriculture

1951 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning Sickness Insurance for Agricultural Workers

1927 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning Statistics of Wages and Hours of Work in the Principal Mining and Manufacturing Industries, Including Building and Construction, and in Agriculture

1938 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning the Age for Admission of Children to Employment in Agriculture

1921 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning the Medical Examination of Fishermen

1959 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning the Minimum Age for Admission to Employment as Fishermen

1959 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning the Protection and Integration of Indigenous and other Tribal and Semi-tribal Populations in Independent Countries

1957 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning the Rights of Association and Combination of Agricultural Workers

1921 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention Concerning Workmen's Compensation in Agriculture

1921 Geneva Switzerland T g

Convention for the Establishment of Stations for Agricultural Experiments and Animal Industries

1923 T g

Convention for the Prohibition of Fishing with Long Driftnets in the South Pacific

1989 T g

Convention for the Protection of Agriculture

1913 T g

Convention for the Protection of Birds Useful to Agriculture

1902 T g

Convention for the Protection of Commercial, Industrial, and Agricultural Trade Marks and Commercial Names

1923 T g

Convention for the Regulation of the Meshes of Fishing Nets and the Size Limits of Fish

1946 T g

Convention Internationale pour la Réglementation des Pêches en Mer du Nord

1882 T g

Convention of Independent Financial Advisors

CIFA 2001 Geneva Switzerland G f

Convention on Assistance in the Case of Nuclear Accident or Radiological Emergency

1986 T gy

Convention on Early Notification of a Nuclear Accident

1986 T gy

Convention on fisheries and the conservation of living marine resources in the Black Sea

1993 J gp

Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources in the Baltic Sea and the Belts

Gdansk convention 1973 T g

Convention on Fishing and Conservation of the Living Resources of the High Seas

1958 T g

Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in North-East Atlantic Fisheries, 1980

1980 T g

Convention on Future Multilateral Cooperation in the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries, 1978

NAFO 1978 T g

Convention on the Conduct of Fishing Operations in the North Atlantic

1967 T g

Convention on the Conservation and Management of Fishery Resources in the South-East Atlantic Ocean

2001 T g

Convention on the Conservation and Management of High Seas Fishery Resources in the South Pacific Ocean

2009 T g

Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources

CCAMLR 1980 Hobart TAS Australia T g

Convention on the Conservation of the Living Resources of the Southeast Atlantic

1969 Rome Italy T g

Convoy of Hope

1994 Springfield MO USA G

Cool Farm Alliance

CFA Grantham UK J

Cooperazione Internazionale

COOPI 1965 Milan Italy G

Cooperazione Paesi Emergenti

COPE 1983 Catania Italy G

Coordinadora Latinoamericano de Sindicatos Bananeros en Agroindustriales

COLSIBA 1993 La Lima Honduras D t

Coordinating Committee of the Organization for Voluntary Service

1972 Milan Italy G

COPA - european farmers

COPA 1958 Brussels Belgium E

Coral Triangle Initiative on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security

CTI-CFF 2007 Manado Indonesia E g

Council for Tropical and Subtropical Agricultural Research

1976 Stuttgart Germany G

Council of European Foresters

CEF 2011 Bucharest Romania D

Council of Regional Organisations of the Pacific

CROP 1988 Suva Fiji E gy

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