Record profits for grain firms amid food crisis prompt calls for windfall tax
News / 25th August 2022Companies at the centre of the global grain trade have enjoyed a record bonanza amid soring food prices around the world, raising concerns of profiteering and speculation in global food markets that could put staples beyond the reach of the poorest.
U.N. humanitarian agencies face record funding gap this year
News / 15th August 2022U.N. humanitarian projects face a record funding gap this year, with only a third of the required $48.7 billion secured so far as global needs outpace pledges.
Horn of Africa faces most ‘catastrophic’ food insecurity in decades, warns WHO
News / 5th August 2022More than 37 million people are facing acute hunger, with approximately seven million children under the age of five acutely malnourished in the region.
‘Earth Overshoot Day’ comes earlier every year
News / 3rd August 2022From today onwards, humanity is living on credit. Every year, Overshoot Day – the date by which humanity has consumed all the resources that Earth can sustainably produce in one year – arrives earlier.
WTO deal on vaccine patents decried as a 'sham' dictated by rich nations, big pharma
News / 26th July 2022The World Trade Organization’s 12th Ministerial Conference ended with an agreement on patent rights that campaigners said would do virtually nothing to address vast global inequities in coronavirus vaccine and treatment access.