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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Karen McVeigh in Lisbon

‘Perfect storm’ of crises is widening global inequality, says UN chief

A Russian soldier keeps watch in front of a wheat field near Melitopol in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine
A Russian soldier keeps watch in front of a wheat field near Melitopol in Ukraine. The war has sent global food prices surging. Photograph: Sergei Ilnitsky/EPA

Humanity is facing a “perfect storm” of crises that is widening inequality between the north and south, the UN secretary general has warned. The divide is not only “morally unacceptable” but dangerous, further threatening peace and security in a conflicted world.

The global food, energy and financial crises unleashed by the war in Ukraine have hit countries already reeling from the pandemic and the climate crisis, reversing what had been a growing convergence between developed and developing countries, António Guterres said.

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