COVID-19 and the SDGs
Report / 17th August 2020A new briefing summarises the actual or likely impacts of the global coronavirus crisis on each of the 17 Sustainable Development goals. By Jens Martens, Bodo Ellmers and Vera Pokorny for Global Policy Watch.
‘Temporary Basic Income’ could slow COVID surge, provide lifeline for world’s poorest
Report / 28th July 2020The immediate introduction of a Temporary Basic Income for the world’s poorest people could slow the current surge in COVID-19 and enable close to three billion people to stay at home, according to a new report from the United Nations Development Programme.
12,000 people could die each day from hunger linked to COVID-19
Report / 20th July 2020A new Oxfam briefing warns that as many as 12,000 people could die per day by the end of the year as a result of hunger linked to COVID-19, potentially more than could die from the disease.
Annual Report for 2020: Share the World’s Resources
Report / 20th July 2020STWR’s activities in 2019 remained focused on the core objective of promoting our vision of a massive worldwide citizen’s movement to end hunger and poverty. Read more about our activities in 2019 and future plans.
UN envoy condemns failed global poverty eradication efforts
Report / 8th July 2020Global poverty is rising, directly contradicting the mainstream wisdom that it is being eradicated, according to a new report to the UN. States are completely off-track to meet their goal of extreme poverty eradication by 2030, and COVID-19 is now rapidly impoverishing many more.