Publications by: STWR
Spotlight on the ‘Kyoto II’ climate change negotiations in Poznan
Blog / 3rd December 2008As world nations meet in Poznan, Poland, to continue negotiations on a new climate treaty to succeed the Kyoto Protocol in 2012, serious questions are being raised about the possibility of slashing global carbon emissions by the necessary minimum of 50% by 2050.
Share The World's Resources attends the Climate Forum, London, June 14-15th 2008
News / 18th June 2008Share The World’s Resources (STWR) attended the Climate Forum held in Camden, London, on the weekend of June 14th to host two workshops on our proposals for economic reform based upon the principle of sharing.
Aid, debt and development: an overview
Article / 19th May 2008Levels of international aid have been criticised as seriously insufficient for over 50 years, debt cancellation programs have failed to reach most developing countries, and the Millennium Development Goal for halving poverty will not be met by 2015. Without a fundamental restructuring of global economic priorities, the needs of the majority world will continue to be overshadowed by commercial interests.
Multinational corporations: an overview
Article / 19th May 2008Multinational Corporations are the main actors driving economic globalisation which thrives when market forces are de-regulated, allowing essential goods and services to be allocated by commercial activity, not human need. The result is a world economy that favours affluent countries and their corporate interests whilst neglecting those living in extreme poverty who the market fails to reach.
Education: key facts and resources
Article / 19th May 2008A collection of facts, organisations, reports and further resources about education from a global perspective.
People’s movements: key facts and resources
Article / 19th May 2008Pushing back against the unrepresentative and undemocratic nature of decision-making, the nebulous ‘global justice movement' has become a dynamic new player in international politics. The movement's advocates fight on a number of causes, including the demand for a greater say for people rather than international technocrats in matters that will most affect the general public; a fight against large-scale inequalities of power, opportunity and wealth; and resistance to the further privatisation of national and community resources.
Energy: key facts and resources
Article / 19th May 2008Some facts, organisations, reports and other resources about energy from a global perspective.
Poverty and inequality: an overview
Article / 19th May 2008https://www.actionagainsthunger.org.ukMore than 1.4 billion people live in poverty so extreme that they can barely survive, and around 25,000 people die from hunger each day whilst a new billionaire is created every second day. The call for a global safety net has never been so urgent - and compels the international community to transform economic priorities and guarantee the universal securing of basic human needs.
Food security & agriculture: an overview
Article / 19th May 2008The escalating crisis of volatile food prices and food insecurity is the result of an industrial development model based on large-scale, export-orientated agriculture tied to international competition, self interest and stock market speculation. With over a billion people going hungry each day despite a huge surplus of food production, a reorientation towards more localised, smaller scale and sustainable agriculture is urgently required.
Shelter: key facts and resources
Article / 19th May 2008A collection of facts, organisations, reports and further resources about education from a global perspective.