Topic: Inequality
It’s time for rich polluters to pay for the climate crisis they created
Blog / 3rd October 2024Rich countries, whose emissions have fueled the climate crisis, must step up and take the lead. It’s time for rich polluters to pay for the destruction they’ve caused, writes Hilda Flavia Nakabuye.
World’s top 1% own more wealth than 95 per cent of humanity
Report / 27th September 2024Over a third of world’s biggest 50 corporations - worth $13.3 trillion - now run by a billionaire or has billionaire as a principal shareholder, according to new analysis.
Consumerism and the climate crisis threaten equitable future for humanity, report says
Report / 13th September 2024The Earth Commission says hope lies in sustainable lifestyles, a radical transformation of global politics and fair distribution of resources. By Jonathan Watts for the Guardian.
Annual Report for 2024: Share the World’s Resources
Report / 11th September 2024The cause for sharing the world's resources reached critical new heights in 2023. Read more about STWR's activities over the past year and our future plans.
Protesters around the world are targeting inequality. Governments must listen
Article / 28th August 2024Citizen protests around world may vary in their specific causes, but they share a common thread—anger over an economic system that feels intolerable, writes Sarah Saadoun for Human Rights Watch.
Healthy diets remain unaffordable for a third of the world’s population
News / 2nd August 2024More than a third of the world’s population could not afford a healthy diet in 2022, according to the latest data on hunger from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
The Spirit Level at 15
Report / 30th July 202415 years later, an update of the Spirit Level underscores how inequality harms us all and lies at the root of our escalating environmental, health and social crises.
Former heads of state and government call on President Biden and fellow G20 leaders to back global deal to tax the ultra-rich
News / 12th July 2024Close to 20 former heads of state have called on current G20 leaders to support a ‘new global deal to tax the world’s ultra-rich individuals’ in an open letter.
Hundreds of charities push for hardship to be top of British Prime Minister’s priorities from day one
News / 1st July 2024Share The World's Resources has joined over 200 organisations committed to ending poverty in calling on the next British Prime Minister to put tackling hardship at the top of their agenda from day one.
1 in 4 children globally live in severe child food poverty due to inequity, conflict, and climate crises
News / 11th June 2024Around 181 million children worldwide under 5 years of age – or 1 in 4 – are experiencing severe child food poverty, making them up to 50 per cent more likely to experience wasting, a life-threatening form of malnutrition, a new UNICEF report reveals.