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Ending the austerity pandemic
Blog / 3rd January 2023Unless austerity is reversed, people in developing countries will lose social protections and public services just when they are most needed. And it doesn't have to be this way, write Isabel Ortiz and Matthew Cummins for Project Syndicate.
COP15: ‘historic’ biodiversity deal has loopholes
Blog / 21st December 2022A lack of financial resources was a major sticking point at the talks, as well as vague commitments on reducing consumption and production. Report by Catherine Early for The Ecologist.
Taxing super-profits to beat inflation and defend human rights
Blog / 16th December 2022Pandemics, wars and recessions do not exempt states from human-rights commitments. They must tax multinationals and the richest more to protect the most vulnerable, writes Magdalena Sepúlveda for Social Europe.
Poor countries squeezed by 10 trillion dollars in external debts
Blog / 16th December 2022The external debt of the world’s low and middle-income countries at the end of 2021 totalled 9 trillion US dollars, more than double the amount a decade ago. Such debt is expected to increase by an additional 1.1 trillion US dollars in 2023.
UN adopts historic decision to take on new tax leadership
Blog / 6th December 2022The UN General Assembly has adopted by unanimous consensus a resolution that mandates the UN to set course for a global tax leadership role.
One in 23 people will require humanitarian relief in 2023, UN warns
News / 6th December 2022A global relief fund of a record $51.5bn will be needed to assist 339 million people suffering because of 2022’s ‘extreme events’.
What climate debt does the North owe the South?
Article / 2nd December 2022Richer countries haven't met their $100 billion promise to help poorer countries move beyond fossil fuels. Where's the money going to come from?
COP27: Almost nothing–but something real–Changed
Article / 1st December 2022COP27 marked the point where equity finally took center stage. National fair shares are now on the agenda, if only as the background to an inevitable debate about pragmatic ways forward, writes Tom Athanasiou for Foreign Policy in Focus.
Rich polluting nations are hijacking 1.5C goal for their own aims
Blog / 1st December 2022At COP27, wealthy governments are pushing for stronger efforts to limit global warming—while failing to deliver the finance and technology promised for climate action in poorer countries.
COP27 closes with deal on loss and damage: ‘A step towards justice’, says UN chief
News / 22nd November 2022After days of intense negotiations in Sharm el-Sheikh, countries at the latest UN Climate Change Conference, COP27, reached agreement on an outcome that established a funding mechanism to compensate vulnerable nations for ‘loss and damage’ from climate-induced disasters.