"Replacing hunger with malnutrition": Former UN official calls out African Green Revolution
Blog / 26th August 2020The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa is repeating the failed policies of the past and risks pushing back further the struggle against hunger and malnutrition, explains Timothy Wise for IATP.
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.
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.
With Coronavirus spreading, time to repurpose the arms industry to meet human need
Blog / 26th June 2020What if more of the arms and defense sector moved into manufacturing health and other products permanently? Surely this is the time for a focus on what peace and security really mean for us all, writes Martin Butcher for Oxfam International.