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The time is ripe for a universal basic income
Article / 7th July 2026A well-designed UBI could enable us to derive the essential life satisfaction that can only come from work we have freely chosen, argues Dr Bronwyn Kelly.
Will Europe’s heatwave finally spur climate justice?
Blog / 3rd July 2026The European heatwave strips away the comfortable illusion that climate change is someone else’s humanitarian problem. The test is whether this new reality will translate into genuine support for countries facing existential threats.
‘The world knows what must be done’: New SDG report urges end to wars and greater investment in people
Article / 29th June 2026The Sustainable Development Report 2026 finds that fewer than one in five SDG targets are currently on track worldwide.
IMF still acts as a colonial debt enforcer despite reform claims, new report alleges
Report / 25th June 2026A new report by ActionAid et al argues the IMF’s policies still disproportionately burden low-income countries across Africa, Asia and Latin America.
Open letter: Security for whom?
Article / 23rd June 2026Europe faces a choice: fund militarisation or invest in people. Civil society organisations call on leaders to prioritise health, housing, education, climate action and peacebuilding over a surge in defence spending.
Musk richer than half the world—and could end extreme poverty worldwide!
Report / 15th June 2026As Elon Musk becomes the world’s first trillionaire, Oxfam reveals how Musk is richer than the poorest 46% of the world population combined.
‘Collective failure of humanity’: Nearly 118 million refugees violently displaced worldwide
News / 12th June 2026The number of people who were forcibly displaced at the end of last year dropped from 2024 levels, but that change was largely driven by people who were forced to return home, sometimes to precarious conditions.
How a super El Niño could trigger global famine
Article / 12th June 2026Emergency finance is essential to combat hunger—but it is only a stop‑gap. Preventing future food crises requires structural change to how food is produced based on agroecological farming.
We economists have done the maths: ‘growth’ is a doomed strategy – there is a better way
Article / 11th June 2026Our roadmap has been shaped by experts across the world. We call on political leaders at all levels to use it, write Olivier De Schutter, Joseph Stiglitz, Jayati Ghosh, Thomas Piketty, Kate Raworth and Jason Hickel.
Governments falling 90 percent short of climate adaptation finance needs
Report / 9th June 2026Governments are falling 90 percent short of adaptation finance targets and leaving people in climate-vulnerable communities drastically under-equipped to cope with the devastating impacts of climate change, warns Oxfam.