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UN’s humanitarian work is ‘underfunded, overstretched, and under attack
News / 19th September 2025“Underfunded, overstretched and under attack” is how the UN's top aid official has referred to the UN and the support it is providing to the humanitarian sector.
The United Nations turns 80: A miracle it has lasted so long
Article / 17th September 2025At eighty, the United Nations is bogged down by structural limitations and political divisions that render it powerless to act decisively – nowhere more clearly than in the Gaza genocide, writes Vijay Prashad for IPS.
UN chief urges member states to rebalance military spending and development needs
Report / 10th September 2025A new report from the United Nations urges member states to rebalance military spending and development priorities.
Confronting alarming food insecurity trends in Africa: An expert’s view
Blog / 10th September 2025Food insecurity trends in Africa are alarming, yet current financial flows are insufficient to bridge the significant funding gap and reach all communities in need. An interview with Gilbert Phiri from the IFRC.
Rich countries meet only 4% of funds East Africa needs to address climate change
Report / 8th September 2025Rich countries have broken their climate finance promises to a key grouping of eight highly vulnerable African countries, according to new research from Oxfam.
If AI takes most of our jobs, money as we know it will be over. What then?
Blog / 1st September 2025Even if AI's promise of material abundance is realised, will it be rightly shared? By Ben Spies-Butcher for the Conversation
Uneven ground: Inequality and planetary health
Article / 22nd August 2025How do we promote human wellbeing while also safeguarding our planet? To achieve both, we have no option but to drastically reduce inequality, argues Kate Pickett.
Inequality worsens planetary heating
Article / 12th August 2025The accumulation of still growing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in an increasingly unequal world is accelerating planetary heating. It is also worsening disparities, especially between the rich and others, both nationally and internationally.
Multi-movement declaration: World must choose peace over profit, democracy over destruction
Article / 7th August 2025As the world marks 80 years since the atomic bombings of Japan, organisations for peace, climate and economic justice have joined a global call for a new model of common security.
Brazil beats hunger
Blog / 30th July 2025Today, Brazil is officially removed from the UN Hunger Map – after lifting over 40 million people out of food insecurity in just two years, the UN confirms.