Increases in conflict, displacement, persistent drought and water scarcity, and spikes in food prices are threatening lives and driving a massive humanitarian crisis across multiple countries around the globe. The global Food Security, Health, Nutrition, and WASH Clusters — humanitarian organizations working together in each of these sectors — are united in calling for all partners to urgently step-up, align on and implement the most pressing interventions required to address the overwhelming increase of needs to save lives and protect livelihoods.

Recent analysis1 shows an alarming deterioration of water, food and nutrition insecurity conditions that are adversely affecting the most vulnerable, including women, young children and internally displaced people, putting them at risk of diseases and malnutrition and adopting extreme negative coping mechanisms. 2022 marked a record-high level of a global food security crisis, with over 40 million people facing emergency or worse (IPC/CH Phase 4 or above)2 conditions. This number is very likely going to increase and put more people living in a highly constrained environment at risk of death and starvation or push them to the edge of destitution. As is, current funding allocated to humanitarian response plans is, on average, below 30% of the amount requested in the most affected countries.