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Articles and opinion

We could eliminate extreme global poverty if multinationals paid their taxes

Article / 23rd August 2019

If we recouped the annual global revenue losses due to multinational tax avoidance, we could literally eliminate extreme income poverty around the world, writes Alex Cobham for Truthout.

Never ending growth?

Article / 1st August 2019

The drive for continuous economic growth is the fatal flaw in the UN's plan to end poverty and save the planet, writes Joan Martinez Alier and Nick Meynen. 

Global inequality in a time of climate emergency

Article / 26th June 2019

Every national campaign for tackling climate change also needs an international justice plank, because we’re not going to get anywhere near the Paris temperature targets without global sharing and cooperation, writes Tom Athanasiou for Inequality.org.

UN’s Development Goals remain largely elusive

Article / 26th June 2019

The United Nations, in a new report to be released next month, has warned “there is no escaping the fact that the global landscape for the implementation of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) has generally deteriorated since 2015, hindering the efforts of governments and other partners”.