In the sixth largest economy a fifth of us are in poverty
Blog / 17th February 2023New figures this week from the Joseph Rowntree Foundation found that 13.4m people, or one in five of the population, were left in poverty during the first year of the pandemic over 2020 to 2021.
The scramble to help Ukraine shows the need for more, better aid
Blog / 9th February 2023There is no shortage of money – only a shortage of political will to create a fairer world where prosperity is better shared, writes Gabriela Bucher.
Ending the austerity pandemic
Blog / 3rd January 2023Unless austerity is reversed, people in developing countries will lose social protections and public services just when they are most needed. And it doesn’t have to be this way, write Isabel Ortiz and Matthew Cummins for Project Syndicate.
COP15: ‘historic’ biodiversity deal has loopholes
Blog / 21st December 2022A lack of financial resources was a major sticking point at the talks, as well as vague commitments on reducing consumption and production. Report by Catherine Early for The Ecologist.
Taxing super-profits to beat inflation and defend human rights
Blog / 16th December 2022Pandemics, wars and recessions do not exempt states from human-rights commitments. They must tax multinationals and the richest more to protect the most vulnerable, writes Magdalena Sepúlveda for Social Europe.