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After Dubai: Towards a “just, orderly, and equitable” fossil fuel phase out
Article / 8th February 2024Unless we win a comprehensive climate finance breakthrough, all hope for ‘a fair, orderly, and equitable’ phase-out of fossil fuels will be abandoned, writes Tom Athanasiou.
Onerous debt making poorest poorer
Blog / 2nd February 2024Contractionary economic trends since 2008 and ‘geopolitical’ conflicts subverting international cooperation have worsened world conditions, leaving their poorest worse off, writes Jomo Kwame Sundaram.
Can the IMF and the World Bank really be changed?
Blog / 1st February 2024A geopolitical bias, outdated governance and a too market-oriented framework are only some of the structural deficits of these institutions, writes Jayati Ghosh.
Aid organizations condemn cut in funding to UN agency for Palestinian refugees
News / 30th January 2024In a collective outcry against the suspension of funding to the UN's humanitarian relief agency, several aid organizations have voiced their deep concern over the perilous situation unfolding in Gaza.
Universal health coverage stalls while financial protection goes backwards
Blog / 26th January 2024Is the World Health Organisation contributing to the reinvention of structural adjustment? The People's Health Movement comments on the latest WHO Global Health Governance Report.
STWR supports call to UN Member States to stop fuelling the crisis in Gaza
Article / 25th January 2024STWR joins global humanitarian and human rights organisations demanding all UN member states halt arms transfers to Israel and Palestinian armed groups fuelling the humanitarian crisis in Gaza.
Breaking the Silence: Ten humanitarian crises that didn’t make headlines in 2023
Report / 19th January 2024For the second year in a row, all ten of the most under-reported crises are in Africa, reports CARE International in their latest report on the world's forgotten humanitarian crises.
‘Taken, not earned: How monopolists drive the world’s power and wealth divide’
Report / 18th January 2024The world’s top companies are using their monopoly power in their markets to hike prices and keep them high amid inflation and a cost of living crisis. In the five years to 2022, for the world’s top 20 companies, the average “markup” has risen to around 50 per cent.
Nearly 16,000 children a day plunged into hunger in top 10 worsening food crises
Report / 18th January 2024About six million children were pushed into hunger in the top 10 countries that faced worsening food crises last year, which was a 32% increase compared to 2022, according to a new analysis by Save the Children.
Wealth of five richest men doubles since 2020 as five billion people made poorer in ‘decade of division’
Report / 15th January 2024The world’s five richest men have more than doubled their fortunes from $405 billion to $869 billion since 2020 —at a rate of $14 million per hour— while nearly five billion people have been made poorer.









