Topic: Poverty and hunger
El Niño could push 50m people into acute hunger before end of next year
News / 6th August 2026About 50 million people are likely to be pushed into acute hunger before the end of next year by the rapidly developing El Niño weather system, according to forecasting.
UN report: Global hunger levels ease for third consecutive year as regional disparities persist
News / 23rd July 2026Global hunger declined for a third consecutive year in 2025, demonstrating that progress is possible according to the latest UN assessment.
Annual Report 2026: Share the World’s Resources
Report / 17th July 2026STWR’s campaign and advocacy were critically important in 2025, a year marked by wealthy governments significantly rolling back their historic commitments to international economic sharing.
Aid cuts leave at least one million women and girls without vital support
News / 13th July 2026Unprecedented aid cuts are pushing women's organizations in crisis zones to the brink of collapse, warns the UN's international gender equality agency.
The time is ripe for a universal basic income
Article / 7th July 2026A well-designed UBI could enable us to derive the essential life satisfaction that can only come from work we have freely chosen, argues Dr Bronwyn Kelly.
‘The world knows what must be done’: New SDG report urges end to wars and greater investment in people
Article / 29th June 2026The Sustainable Development Report 2026 finds that fewer than one in five SDG targets are currently on track worldwide.
‘Collective failure of humanity’: Nearly 118 million refugees violently displaced worldwide
News / 12th June 2026The number of people who were forcibly displaced at the end of last year dropped from 2024 levels, but that change was largely driven by people who were forced to return home, sometimes to precarious conditions.
Global hunger report warns of rising malnutrition and famine risks
News / 27th April 2026Conflict and violence were the causes of most of the acute hunger in 2025, affecting nearly 150 million people.
Time running out on development goals as finance dries up, UN warns
News / 22nd April 2026Rising conflicts, the climate crisis and shrinking development finance are putting growing pressure on the poorest and most vulnerable countries – pushing development goals further off track.
Military escalation in Middle East could push more than 30 million people into poverty worldwide
News / 20th April 2026Ongoing military escalation in the Middle East puts tens of millions of people at risk of falling into poverty across 162 countries, according to new projections released today by the United Nations Development Programme.