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Britain’s hunger and malnutrition crisis could be easily solved – yet politicians choose not to

Article / 2nd January 2024

We have more than enough to go round, but large proportions of the population lack the basic necessities of life, writes Michael Marmot.

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‘Stop wars and step up ‘measly’ contributions’ to climate finance

Article / 21st December 2023

The United State’s contribution to the Loss and Damage Fund equals nine minutes of Pentagon spending, says Jeffrey D. Sachs at the ReWired Summit at COP28. 

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Fighting inequality: The untapped potential of human rights

Blog / 21st December 2023

As the Universal Declaration of Human Rights turns 75, we must delve deeper into the many powerful ways in which human rights can end poverty discrimination and address economic inequality, writes Olivier De Schutter.

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More than 1 in 5 children live in poverty in 40 of the world’s richest countries

News / 14th December 2023

Some of the world’s richest countries experienced sharp rises in child poverty between 2014 and 2021, according to data published today by UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight.

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Developed countries not doing their fair share in tackling climate crisis, new report shows

Report / 11th December 2023

In a collective effort to address the pressing challenges of climate change, a global coalition of civil society organizations have published a new review of whether countries are doing their fair share to tackle the climate crisis.

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At COP28, it’s time to transform the global financial architecture

Blog / 11th December 2023

The global finance system is giving fossil fuels a lifeline, indebting vulnerable countries and delaying a just energy transition, writes Bronwen Tucker and Shereen Talaat for Oil Change International.

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UN adopts plans for historic tax reform

News / 1st December 2023

Countries at the UN have adopted by a landslide majority today a resolution to begin the process of establishing a framework convention on tax and completely change how global tax rules are decided.

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New push for debt relief to help developing world fund climate action

News / 1st December 2023

The world’s poorest countries are paying more than 12 times as much to their creditors as they are spending on measures to tackle the impact of global heating, a campaign group has warned.

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Richest 1% emit as much planet-heating pollution as two-thirds of humanity

Report / 1st December 2023

The richest 1 percent of the world’s population produced as much carbon pollution in 2019 than the five billion people who made up the poorest two-thirds of humanity, reveals a new Oxfam report. 

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Put the UN in charge of international taxation

Blog / 22nd November 2023

Almost a decade of multilateral negotiations on a global tax treaty at the OECD has yielded insufficient progress. The question to be decided this week is whether the United States and the European Union will see the light and support a different approach.

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