Cancel the debt now to deliver climate justice
Blog / 27th June 2023Global South countries spend 5 times more on repaying debt than addressing the climate crisis. With 160 days to go before COP28, activists are calling on rich countries to ‘Cancel The Debt for Climate Justice’.
The Poor People’s Campaign continues to do the vital political work
Blog / 22nd June 2023In the wealthiest country on the planet, there’s no excuse for failing to meet basic needs and ensuring we can all survive and thrive.
If current trends continue, the world’s poor may not achieve a single development goal by 2030
Blog / 22nd June 2023Eight years after the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the world’s low-income countries have struggled to achieve even a single goal.
110 million now forcibly displaced as war, climate crisis wreak global havoc
Blog / 16th June 2023‘The 46 least developed countries account for less than 1.3% of global gross domestic product, yet they hosted more than 20% of all refugees,’ a new report by the United Nations shows.
Top five arms exporters hit yearly sales of $85 billion as 9,000 people die from conflict-driven hunger every day
Blog / 9th June 2023Global military spending reached $2.2 trillion last year, enough to cover the UN appeal for global humanitarian needs more than 42 times.