Topic: Global governance

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If current trends continue, the world’s poor may not achieve a single development goal by 2030

Blog / 22nd June 2023

Eight years after the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the world’s low-income countries have struggled to achieve even a single goal.

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Reshaping multilateralism in times of crises

Blog / 16th May 2023

A new report - Spotlight on Global Multilateralism - offers critical analyses and presents recommendations for strengthening democratic multilateral structures and policies. 

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The Water Justice Manifesto

Article / 24th March 2023

STWR joins the call of social movements at the 2023 UN Water Conference to insist that ‘water justice’ based on human rights is at the centre of policies to solve the global water crisis.

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What if…there was a World Tax Organisation?

Blog / 17th February 2023

There is a practical, possible alternative to the enduring injustice of global inequality: an intergovernmental tax body under the auspices of the United Nations, writes Alex Cobham.

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WTO deal on vaccine patents decried as a 'sham' dictated by rich nations, big pharma

News / 26th July 2022

The 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. 

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New book: The Sharing Economy by Mohammed Sofiane Mesbahi

Blog / 12th January 2022

STWR have published a book of the classic text by Mohammed Sofiane Mesbahi, titled ‘The Sharing Economy: Inaugurating an Age of the Heart’.

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Civil society blasts lack of progress at Cop26 during final day

Article / 16th November 2021

Activists and civil society representatives have accused rich nations at COP26 of a "shameful" lack of ambition. Reported by Leftfootforward.org

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Demanding justice beyond rhetoric

Report / 30th September 2021

The latest Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2021 report argues that it's time to overcome contradictions and hypocrisy in the COVID-19 crisis. Published by Social Watch et al.

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Wealthy nations must share more resources or risk crisis for billions, warns UN chief

News / 29th September 2021

The head of the UN has called on rich countries to step up efforts to protect workers hit by the Covid-19 pandemic with an additional $1tn injection of funds to avoid a twin-track recovery that widens the gap with the world’s poorest nations.

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3 million people have died of Covid since rich nations began obstructing vaccine patent waiver

News / 29th July 2021

More than three million people across the globe have died of Covid-19 in the roughly nine months since India and South Africa first proposed a temporary patent waiver for coronavirus vaccines, a popular measure that Germany, the United Kingdom, Canada, and other rich countries have blocked.

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