Topic: Poverty and hunger
Skyrocketing military spending undermines development aid to world’s poor
Article / 8th January 2026The statistics are staggering: while military spending keeps skyrocketing, Official Development Assistance from the rich to some of the world’s poorer nations has been declining drastically.
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Article / 10th December 2025S poglabljanjem ekonomske krize je najpomembnejša odgovornost vlad preoblikovati naše politične in ekonomske sisteme tako, da nihče ne bo umrl zaradi lakote. Toda to se ne bo nikoli zgodilo brez neprimerljivo množične podpore javnosti.
Where’s our outrage for the world’s hungry, dying poor?
Article / 9th December 2025The retreat from global development by wealthy nations is an insult to the founding vision of the United Nations. But the real problem is that so few people are standing behind the cause of sharing the world’s resources to end hunger and poverty.
Ending world hunger costs less than 1% of military spending
News / 20th November 2025Ending hunger by 2030 would cost just $93 billion a year — less than one per cent of the $21.9 trillion spent on military budgets over the past decade, according to the UN's World Food Programme.
US and European aid cuts could result in 22.6 million deaths worldwide, study finds
News / 19th November 2025Abrupt cuts to development aid by major donor countries could cause up to 22.6 million additional deaths in developing countries by 2030, according to a new study.
Millions of lives at risk, warn UN food agencies, as hunger crisis worsens
News / 14th November 2025The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and World Food Programme (WFP) warn of a major hunger emergency, with acute food insecurity set to worsen in 16 countries and territories between now and May 2026, putting millions of lives at risk.
Saving multilateralism is not enough for saving the planet and the poor
Article / 10th November 2025The Paris Agreement’s promise of a unified climate solution faces a harsh reality of injustices and inadequate action, writes Meenakshi Raman for the Third World Network.
Second World Summit for Social Development
Report / 5th November 2025The aims of the Second World Summit for Social Development are laudable—but will the international community take any concrete action to implement them? By Alfred de Zayas.
The Right to Sustainable Energy: A Pathway to Environmental, Social and Economic Justice
Article / 31st October 2025Energy is not a commodity—it is foundational for human dignity and human and planetary well-being. However, vast inequalities in access to energy remain today.
Groundbreaking report reveals powerful link between poverty and the climate crisis
Report / 17th October 2025Nearly 80 per cent of the world’s poor – 887 million people – live in regions that are exposed to extreme heat, flooding and other climate hazards, highlighting the urgent need for global action to address the issue.