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Asia’s poor grew by 68 million people after pandemic, report says
News / 29th August 2023Nearly 70 million more people lived in extreme poverty in developing Asian countries last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and rising living costs, a Philippines-based development bank has said.
World leaders need to prioritize the more than 1 billion people living in informal settlements
Blog / 18th August 2023By 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.
Amazon Summit ends with plan to protect rainforests but no measurable goals
News / 11th August 2023Brazil’s Amazon Summit has closed with a roadmap to protect tropical rainforests but without concrete commitments to end deforestation.
From crisis to resilience: We need a new recipe to combat hunger
Blog / 9th August 2023A 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.
Overshoot Day: Countries still burning through Earth’s resources like we have a spare planet, study finds
News / 3rd August 2023People are continuing to burn through the planet like we have one to spare, according to new research from the Global Footprint Network.
Migration bill passed by UK violates international human rights law: UN experts
News / 28th July 2023United 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.
Top economists call for action on runaway global inequality
News / 26th July 2023Failure 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.
Forcing poor nations to prioritise debt payments over social investments is a 'disaster,' says UN chief
News / 19th July 2023United 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.
165 million people fell into poverty in 3 years of crisis
News / 19th July 2023The 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.
‘Crushing’ debt crisis spells development disaster for billions
News / 13th July 2023Half of humanity lives in countries that are forced to spend more on servicing their debt than on health and education, which is nothing less than a development disaster, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.