Billionaire wealth surges to ‘unimaginable’ levels in 2024 as Oxfam predicts emergence of five trillionaires within a decade
Report / 21st January 2025Billionaire wealth surged in 2024, as the world’s richest people increasingly benefited from inheritance and powerful connections, according to Oxfam’s latest annual inequality report.
New era of crisis for children as global conflicts intensify and inequality worsens
Report / 16th January 2025The world is entering a new era of crisis for children; climate change, inequality and conflict are disrupting their lives and limiting their futures, the UN Children’s Fund warns in a new study.
‘Pollutocrat Day’: The richest 1% have already burnt through their annual carbon budget, Oxfam says
Report / 10th January 2025The richest 1 per cent of people have already blown through their fair share of the global carbon budget for the year just 10 days into January.
35 children born into hunger every minute in 2024
Report / 1st January 2025At least 18.2 million children were born into hunger in 2024, or about 35 children a minute, with conflict and climate crises combining to drive at least 800,000 more children into hunger over the year, according to a new analysis.
World losing half a trillion to tax abuse, largely due to 8 countries blocking UN tax reform
Report / 19th November 2024Countries are losing US$492 billion in tax a year to multinational corporations and wealthy individuals using tax havens to underpay tax, the Tax Justice Network’s annual State of Tax Justice shows.