A full list of STWR’s publications as well as related news, articles and blogs can be found below.
COVID-19 and the SDGs
Report / 17th August 2020A new briefing summarises the actual or likely impacts of the global coronavirus crisis on each of the 17 Sustainable Development goals. By Jens Martens, Bodo Ellmers and Vera Pokorny for Global Policy Watch.
The UN’s 75th birthday: A critical chance for the globe to save itself
Blog / 12th August 2020The UN’s 75th anniversary this year is a chance for taking stock, strengthening the UN and confronting the challenges the system will face in the years ahead, writes Giovanna Kuele for PassBlue.
‘Temporary Basic Income’ could slow COVID surge, provide lifeline for world’s poorest
Report / 28th July 2020The immediate introduction of a Temporary Basic Income for the world’s poorest people could slow the current surge in COVID-19 and enable close to three billion people to stay at home, according to a new report from the United Nations Development Programme.
Gleneagles 15 years on: The last debt cancellation
Blog / 28th July 2020Last week marked 15 years since the G8 Summit in Gleneagles, Scotland, when leaders of the world’s richest countries agreed debt cancellation for many of the world’s poorest heavily indebted countries.
The world needs a ‘people’s vaccine’ for coronavirus, not a big-pharma monopoly
Blog / 27th July 2020No private company should have monopoly rights over a Covid-19 vaccine; this is a public resource that should be contributed to the World Health Organisation’s Technology Access Pool and shared for the benefit of all, writes Helen Clark and Winnie Byanyima.