Petition signers want Elon Musk to be ‘the richest man in town’ this Christmas
Blog / 16th December 2025… by giving nearly half of his $500 billion fortune to the children of the world.
The G20 has failed on debt. Time to look to the UN
Blog / 27th November 2025If we want to find fair solutions to the debt problems that plague Global South countries, forums like the G20 won’t deliver. It’s time to establish a UN sovereign debt resolution mechanism, long demanded by G77 countries.
At COP30, progress on public finance is critical for a fair fossil fuel phaseout
Blog / 19th November 2025Nearing the final COP30 sprint, the world must move from words to action: by ending fossil fuel expansion and unlocking finance for a fair, fast and funded energy transition.
The World Social Summit in Doha: Time to act
Blog / 14th November 2025As governments renew their pledges for social development, the test is whether they will translate the Doha declaration into action: budgets, laws and programs that reach people, writes Isabel Ortiz for IPS news.
Why are over 670 million people going hungry?
Blog / 17th October 2025More than eight per cent of the world population or around 673 million people are not getting enough to eat and going hungry, according to the UN.