The director of the United Nations' World Food Programme is still pleading with the world's richest individuals to help in the fight against the world hunger crisis.
On CNN's"New Day" Tuesday, UN Food Programme Director David Beasley acknowledged the controversy he found himself in last week when he chastised billionaires like Elon Musk for accumulating massive amounts of wealth without caring for the world's hungry."I'm not picking on them," he said Tuesday."I'm saying, 'Great, you made money. Please, please help share right now in a one-time crisis.
Posting on Twitter Sunday, Musk responded to the request, writing,"If WFP can describe on this Twitter thread exactly how $6B will solve world hunger, I will sell Tesla stock right now and do it." Beasley replied to Musk's tweets, assuring him that systems are in place for transparency and open source accounting.
Before the Covid-19 pandemic, the world's hunger crisis was already exacerbated by climate change and conflict. The pandemic compounded the existing issues though, leaving"42 million people that are literally knocking on famine's door," Beasley said."This is a worst-case scenario."
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