EU Overshoot Day 2019: If EU consumption was the global norm, the Earth’s yearly budget would be exhausted on 10 May
Report / 10th May 201910 May 2019 marks the date by which humanity would have exhausted nature’s annual budget if everybody in the world lived like EU residents, according to a new report by WWF and Global Footprint Network.
Annual Report for 2019: Share the World’s Resources
Report / 9th May 2019As public awareness grows of a multifaceted global emergency, STWR has persisted throughout 2018 in its efforts to promote international economic sharing as the only viable path towards a sustainable future.
Fight against climate change and poverty will fail without overhaul of global financial system, says major UN report
Report / 16th April 2019A major new UN-led report warns that a comprehensive overhaul of the world’s financial system is necessary if governments are to honour commitments to combatting climate change and eradicating poverty by 2030.
Financing Injustice
Report / 15th April 2019We need a radically different and rebalanced financial system which ensures that the very poorest are included and actively supported to thrive, and in which developing countries have an equal say in making the rules governing the global economy. A briefing from Christian Aid.
Social protection: Hot topic but contested agenda
Report / 8th March 2019Social protection has been on the UN agenda since its inception – and numerous reports from human rights experts spell out that governments and the international community must tackle tax avoidance and adequately fund the public sector, if they are to live up to their human rights and development.