Food scarcity and habitat decline has seen a drastic fall in numbers of the African Penguin, putting it on the International Union for Conservation of Nature's critically endangered list. Watch this report for more details!

Africa: Critical Food Scarcity Devastates Penguin Colonies

New research has found that, across the northern hemisphere, declining snowfall is affecting seasonal river flows. It is thereby increasing the risk of summer drought. Researchers explained that this could threaten water and food security, ecosystems and hydro power generation.

Climate warming poses threat to water & food security

Over one-third of Pakistan is underwater, latest satellite images from the European Space Agency (ESA) have revealed, showing the extent of damage caused by the monsoon-induced floods.

More than one-third of Pakistan underwater as it battles worst flood in history

As Chinese authorities struggle to contain fresh Covid pandemic in Shanghai, a video has been doing the rounds on social media which shows hungry residents looting a supermarket in the financial hub amidst reports of food scarcity.

Watch: Shanghai residents loot supermarket as Covid lockdown spurs food scarcity

As North Korea's economy is quickly deteriorating, the country's most vulnerable citizens are at greater risk of hunger. For the past few months, Kim Jong un's-country has been experiencing a food crisis.

Reports of famine in North Korea as bad as 1990s amid mounting food insecurity

This year, Florida has been dealing with a massive die-off of manatees, with 959 documented deaths as of Oct. 1. This has already been the deadliest year on record, and according to state estimates, further colder weather may cause another wave of deaths among the estimated 7,500 to 10,200 manatees along both Florida coasts.

Amid food scarcity, Florida manatees dying in record numbers

Amid coronavirus lockdown in South Africa, thousands of people queued for food parcels amid lockdown in Centurion on Wednesday. Drone footage showed thousands standing in the queue that stretched for 4 kilometres.

People stand in 4 km-long queue for food in South Africa amid coronavirus pandemic

Economic inequality has gone haywire, and as of 2019 more than 2,153 billionaires have more wealth than 4.6 billion people. Also read: Wealth inequality in India — A maid would need to work for 22,277 years to earn as much as a top CEO Also read: Unpaid work done by women globally worth 43-times Apple's annual turnover: Oxfam In Oxfam's 'Time to Care' report published ahead of the WEF Annual Meeting - also called the "Davos 2020", UK-based charity accused governments the world over of massively under-taxing rich corporations and individuals.

2,153 billionaires have more money than 4.6 billion people combined: Oxfam

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