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Given that U.S. leadership against global hunger and poverty is likely to be weaker over the next few years, it’s encouraging to see President Lula and other leaders from around the world working to get progress going again. 


Forty-five nations have joined the Alliance, and many more are in the process of joining. To become members, members and institutions are required to submit their plans to reduce hunger and poverty.


Here is a clip from an interview at the G20 Interfaith Forum which met a few months before the G20 Summit to share faith perspectives on global issues.

The G20 Summit takes place later this week in Brazil. The G20 is made up of the 20 most powerful countries in the world. President Lula of Brazil is this year’s G20 chair, and he has focused this year’s Summit on strategies to get the world’s progress against hunger and poverty going again.


They will launch the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty, a new international organization designed to strengthen commitment to ending hunger. It will also mobilize international support for country-designed initiatives to scale up successful, evidence-based strategies that work. I’m glad that the United States will be a founding member of the Alliance, and that President Biden will be attending the G20 Summit.


Faith leaders from around the world gathered in Brasilia in August for the annual meeting of the G20 Interfaith Forum. I was invited to speak. All the world’s major faith traditions teach us that helping people in need is spiritually important. At the August forum, faith leaders from around the world celebrated the impending launch of the Global Alliance Against Hunger and poverty. 


At a time of interlocking crises, this week’s G20 focus on hunger and poverty is a step in the right direction.


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