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Global South countries need a new legal framework for debt relief

Article / 29th August 2023

Global South countries need a forum where they can collaborate to solve urgent problems on debt rather than begging the IMF and G20 for relief, writes Ramya Vijaya and Pooja Rangaprasad.

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Annual Report for 2023: Share the World’s Resources

Report / 29th August 2023

The cause for sharing the world's resources reached critical new heights in 2022. Read more about STWR's activities over the past year and our future plans.

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World leaders need to prioritize the more than 1 billion people living in informal settlements

Blog / 18th August 2023

By 2050, nearly 70% of the world’s population is expected to live in urban areas, making the proliferation of informal settlements inevitable – unless world governments take bold action. 

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Amazon Summit ends with plan to protect rainforests but no measurable goals

News / 11th August 2023

Brazil’s Amazon Summit has closed with a roadmap to protect tropical rainforests but without concrete commitments to end deforestation.

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From crisis to resilience: We need a new recipe to combat hunger

Blog / 9th August 2023

A decent nutritious diet is now out of reach for nearly half the planet. We need a completely new recipe to address hunger and rebuild countries’ capacity to produce the food they require, writes Olivier De Schutter for IPS news.

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Overshoot Day: Countries still burning through Earth’s resources like we have a spare planet, study finds

News / 3rd August 2023

People are continuing to burn through the planet like we have one to spare, according to new research from the Global Footprint Network.

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Migration bill passed by UK violates international human rights law: UN experts

News / 28th July 2023

United Nations commissioners have accused the United Kingdom of violating its international human rights and refugee law obligations after Parliament approved legislation cracking down on asylum-seekers.

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Top economists call for action on runaway global inequality

News / 26th July 2023

Failure to tackle the widening gulf between the world’s rich and poor will entrench poverty and increase the risk of climate breakdown, a group of more than 200 leading economists have said.

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Forcing poor nations to prioritise debt payments over social investments is a 'disaster,' says UN chief

News / 19th July 2023

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has warned that "half our world is sinking into a development disaster, fueled by a crushing debt crisis," and called for urgent fiscal relief.

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165 million people fell into poverty in 3 years of crisis

News / 19th July 2023

The Covid-19 pandemic, the cost-of-living crisis and the war in Ukraine have pushed 165 million people into poverty since 2020, reports the United Nations, calling for a pause in debt repayments for developing countries.

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