Türkiye: How a Hormuz stalemate could worsen global hunger.

SHOTLIST: BERLIN, GERMANY (MAY 13, 2026) 1. (SOUNDBITE) (English) SABINE MINNINGER, SENIOR POLICY ADVISOR AT ‘BREAD FOR WORLD’ SAYING: “If this war goes on, if the Strait of Hormuz remains to be closed, there will be a have a tremendous impact on food security, especially in the poorest countries such as Africa, because they're heavily dependent on the oil coming from their own crude oil that they need to produce their pesticides and need for their food security in their country, but also for the transportation of food in their countries or from abroad, so that we will have like a very negative impact and we are very concerned that the UN and hunger crisis is on the way. Food security should be also at the core of discussions if it comes to climate justice, because climate change is threatening food security, Germany has the possibility to take a leading role. On the one hand, it's also responsible for a vast amount of emissions and has a historical responsibility. But on the other hand, it has also the resources to lead because of our technologies. And here I expect that Germany is taking a roleand mitigation, mitigating their own emissions, but on the other hand, also providing climate finance to take a leading role in that. And instead of decreasing climate finance, what is happening at the moment, what we see in the projections of the German federal budget. If Germany is not taking a leading role in this very geopolitical, very difficult situation, who else would do it?” 2. (SOUNDBITE) (English) JAN KOWALZIG, SENIOR POLICY ADVISER AT OXFAM DEUTSCHLAND, SAYING: “Yeah. We have long argued that the dependence on fossil fuels and many countries need to import these fossil fuels from regions that are geopolitical, unstable or otherwise difficult to obtain. And we have long warned or suggested move over to renewable energies. These are truly domestic energy sources, and there's abundance of them in almost every country. So this is always the better option. And now we realize that the public opinion is increasingly understanding this, that fossil fuel dependence has negative consequences for economic prosperity in countries. And governments now need to, of course, follow up and expand renewable, renewable energies. Yeah. The US is not playing a very constructive role at the moment. Not only have they dramatically cut overseas official development assistance, including climate finance, that of course is a big problem on its own. But they're also trying to undermine, for instance, the role of the World Bank, and the role it plays in transitioning away from fossil fuels. A key expectation with regard to climate finance from Germany is, first of all, that Germany fulfills its promise to increase budgetary allocations for climate change to at least €6 billion a year. This promises at the moment, not going to be held given the current cuts in the offer in ODA, but also beyond Germany and other developed countries need to make new pledges and new commitments for climate finance in the future. How they will contribute to fulfilling the internationally agreed global goal on climate finance. These, these pledges and commitments from developed countries are now overdue, and we expect these to come forward between now and the UN climate summits in Antalya and by the end of the year.” 3. (SOUNDBITE) (English) CHRISTIANE AVERBECK, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CLIMATE ALLIANCE GERMANY, SAYING: “I think what is very crucial is that we, push very much for multilateralism that is only possible to solve all these crises by working together. So we need strong alliances. And on the other hand, for us, it's a clear signal that we should get out of fossil fuels and, should push for more renewables. That's a clear signal that we get from this, geopolitical challenges. It seems that, current government, is not that much, paying, great interest and doing something, for the climate, at least part of the government. And we expect, that, the path that was chosen in the last years will be continued so that we really stick, to the Paris climate agreement and to the goals that we set years ago.”BERLIN, GERMANY - MAY 13: Could a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz end up making food more expensive in poorer countries? Advocacy groups have warned that higher energy prices would drive up the cost of fertilizers, agrochemicals and transport — and ultimately worsen hunger in the world’s poorest regions. Sabine Minninger, a senior policy advisor at Bread for the World, said that many least developed and low-income countries already struggling with the impacts of global warming now face another major crisis, as the prolonged conflict with Iran severely affects those heavily dependent on oil and energy imports. “If this war goes on and if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed, it will have a tremendous impact on food security, especially in the poorest countries, such as those in Africa,” she told A