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People's power wins at COP27 as loss and damage fund established but talks fail to deliver on other key demands
News / 22nd November 2022As the 27th United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP27) closes, the collective power of civil society groups and grassroots climate activists saw a historic outcome with the establishment of a loss and damage fund.
The imperative of cooperation: Steps towards an equitable response to the climate crisis
Report / 16th November 2022A new report provides a global equity analysis of how climate pledges stack up against the Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming to 1.5°C.
Climate crisis needs cooperation between all nations – time is running out to save Earth
News / 15th November 2022Media organisations worldwide have published a common view about the need for nations to cooperate, accept their moral responsibilities and fairly share the burden of tackling climate change.
Climate Clock erected at COP27 says richest nations owe $31.8 trillion… and counting
News / 14th November 2022As world leaders gather at the United Nations Climate Change Conference, the Climate Clock team is displaying reminders of a looming deadline and just how much high-polluting nations owe the Global South.
Rich countries falling billions short on ‘fair share’ of climate-finance goal
Report / 8th November 2022The US should be paying nearly $40bn towards the $100bn climate-finance target, new Carbon Brief analysis shows. This is $32bn more than the estimated $8bn it actually gave in 2020.
Global Week of Action for Justice and Debt Cancellation
Article / 13th October 2022As the IMF and the World Bank will hold their annual meetings, activists are raising demands to #CancelTheDebt. Read below the civil society open letter to all governments, international institutions and lenders.
IMF urged to unlock $650 billion for poor nations facing crises ‘unprecedented in human history’
Blog / 13th October 2022A coalition of 140 organizations from across the globe urge the International Monetary Fund to provide immediate financial relief to low-income nations reeling from the intertwined emergencies of climate change, Covid-19, war, and soaring costs of living.
85% of the world’s population will live in the grip of stringent austerity measures by next year
Report / 8th October 2022A new report End Austerity: A global report on budget cuts and harmful social reforms shows that 85 per cent of the world’s population will live in the grip of austerity measures by 2023.
Where is the mass mobilized movement for Medicare for All?
Blog / 1st October 2022It wouldn't take more than 1% of the U.S. population to rise up and get organized behind key popular demands to make them a reality - and yet we continue to endlessly wait, writes Ralph Nader in Common Dreams.
Number of ultrarich hits all-time high as someone dies from hunger every 4 seconds
News / 25th September 2022As a new analysis revealed that the global ranks of the superrich soared to a record number, a coalition of charity groups said Tuesday that hundreds of millions of people around the world are hungry—and that someone starves to death every four seconds.