‘Brazen’ political influence of rich laid bare as wealth of billionaires reaches $18.3tn
Report / 19th January 2026The world saw a record number of billionaires created last year, with a collective wealth of $18.3tn (£13.7tn), while global efforts stalled in the fight against poverty and hunger.
A child under five could die every forty seconds by 2030 due to U.S. aid cuts
Report / 16th January 2026The series of cruel and illegal cuts to U.S. lifesaving humanitarian and development aid has already cost lives and undermined the entire global aid system.
World’s richest 1% have brown through their fair share of carbon emissions for 2026 in just 10 days
Report / 13th January 2026The world’s richest 1% have exhausted their annual carbon budget – the amount of CO2 that can be emitted while staying within 1.5 degrees of warming – only ten days into the year, according to new analysis from Oxfam.
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Report / 10th December 2025Just 0.001% of the world’s population control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity, according to the latest World Inequality Report 2026.
Inequity’s deadly hold at COP30
Report / 15th November 2025A new civil-society report delivers a stark verdict at COP30: governments are still protecting profits over people – shielded by elite capture and fossil-fuel disinformation.