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The Poor People’s Campaign continues to do the vital political work
Blog / 22nd June 2023In the wealthiest country on the planet, there’s no excuse for failing to meet basic needs and ensuring we can all survive and thrive.
Global North governments can redirect trillions in fossil, debt, and super-rich harms to fix global crises
Article / 20th June 2023A letter from policy experts calls on Global North leaders to put real global financial system transformation on the agenda, starting by redirecting funds from fossil fuels, unfair colonial debts, and the super-rich.
110 million now forcibly displaced as war, climate crisis wreak global havoc
Blog / 16th June 2023'The 46 least developed countries account for less than 1.3% of global gross domestic product, yet they hosted more than 20% of all refugees,' a new report by the United Nations shows.
NGOs call out climate injustice and urge global donors to fully fund the humanitarian response in the Horn of Africa now
Article / 9th June 2023Aid agencies call on global donors to address the impact of climate change by making financial pledges required to fully fund the humanitarian response in the Sahel region.
Top five arms exporters hit yearly sales of $85 billion as 9,000 people die from conflict-driven hunger every day
Blog / 9th June 2023Global military spending reached $2.2 trillion last year, enough to cover the UN appeal for global humanitarian needs more than 42 times.
Acute hunger an ‘immediate threat’ to over a quarter of a billion people
Article / 19th May 2023The global fight against hunger is going backwards as the world faces a food crisis of unprecendented proportions, the largest in modern history.
Reshaping multilateralism in times of crises
Blog / 16th May 2023A new report - Spotlight on Global Multilateralism - offers critical analyses and presents recommendations for strengthening democratic multilateral structures and policies.
Amid soaring poverty and hunger, Amnesty demands ‘universal social protection’ worldwide
Report / 12th May 2023As poverty rises amid intertwining crises, Amnesty International have issued an urgent call for governments worldwide to implement universal social protections to ensure that basic necessities are available to all.
In famine, ‘f’ is for failure
Blog / 27th April 2023A person dies of hunger every 30 seconds in East Africa, where famine is looming for the third time in little more than a decade. It does not have to be this way, write Fati N’zi Hassane and Reena Ghelani.
Africa now squeezed to the bones
Blog / 27th April 2023As many as 45 African countries have been further squeezed to their bones as funding shrinks to lowest ever levels, and as a portion of the so-called aid goes back to the pockets of rich donor countries.