GDP up, satisfaction down: Why we need a new way to measure progress
Report / 15th May 2026Following a year of consultations, the UN has released its first global blueprint for moving beyond the limited metric of GDP.
‘Brazen’ political influence of rich laid bare as wealth of billionaires reaches $18.3tn
Report / 19th January 2026The world saw a record number of billionaires created last year, with a collective wealth of $18.3tn (£13.7tn), while global efforts stalled in the fight against poverty and hunger.
A child under five could die every forty seconds by 2030 due to U.S. aid cuts
Report / 16th January 2026The series of cruel and illegal cuts to U.S. lifesaving humanitarian and development aid has already cost lives and undermined the entire global aid system.
World’s richest 1% have brown through their fair share of carbon emissions for 2026 in just 10 days
Report / 13th January 2026The world’s richest 1% have exhausted their annual carbon budget – the amount of CO2 that can be emitted while staying within 1.5 degrees of warming – only ten days into the year, according to new analysis from Oxfam.
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Report / 10th December 2025Just 0.001% of the world’s population control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity, according to the latest World Inequality Report 2026.