Morning Briefing

Speaking at the launch of Stanford University's Center for Food Security and the Environment at the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies on Thursday, former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan "criticized world leaders ... for failing to take bold action on climate change, which he said threatens to worsen the food crisis that has already left a billion people hungry," ABC News reports. "Failing to address the problem will have repercussions on health, security and stability, he warned," the news service writes. He "praised 'Feed the Future,' the U.S. initiative to reduce poverty and under-nutrition, and said he met recently with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, and [USAID Administrator] Raj Shah," ABC News writes. Annan said, "If we pool our efforts and resources we can finally break the back of this problem" (Donald, 11/11).