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Pope Francis’ Prayer Intention: For the planet’s resources to be shared in a just and respectful manner, not plundered
Blog / 21st September 2020When we share and respect the resources of the world, each nation will benefit, explains Fr Andrew Hamilton for the Catholic Outlook.
Carbon emissions of richest 1 percent more than double the emissions of the poorest half of humanity
Report / 21st September 2020The richest one percent of the world’s population are responsible for more than twice as much carbon pollution as the 3.1 billion people who made up the poorest half of humanity during a critical 25-year period of unprecedented emissions growth.
Global cooperation tested by the pandemic at UNGA 75
Article / 17th September 2020The 75th UNGA is a moment for the world to focus on realising the full potential of the United Nations' founding principle of "achieving international cooperation in solving international problems," writes José Luis Castro for Devex.
Friedman’s failed doctrine
Report / 15th September 2020The social responsibility of business is actually to ensure profits are shared equitably, argues a new report from Oxfam International.
History gives us reason for hope that inequality can be beaten
Article / 15th September 2020Inequality is a system of dominance that we can only overcome if we have enough strength. No one cedes power becasue of a great powerpoint, writes Ben Phillips for OpenDemocracy.
Global efforts to minimize poverty amid COVID-19 are ‘full of holes’: UN expert
Report / 11th September 2020Current social protection programs are not enough to stop millions of people falling into poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the UN special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights.
As global population grows, ecological threats and armed conflict could displace over 1 billion people by 2050
Report / 11th September 2020An analysis released Wednesday by an international think tank warns that as the world's population continues to climb toward and possibly surpass 10 billion by 2050, ecological disasters and armed conflict could forcibly displace roughly 10% of humanity—or about 1.2 billion people.
First famines of coronavirus era are at world’s doorstep, U.N. warns
News / 7th September 2020The first famines of the coronavirus era could soon hit four chronically food-deprived conflict areas — Yemen, South Sudan, northeast Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo — the top humanitarian official of the United Nations has warned.
"Replacing hunger with malnutrition": Former UN official calls out African Green Revolution
Blog / 26th August 2020The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa is repeating the failed policies of the past and risks pushing back further the struggle against hunger and malnutrition, explains Timothy Wise for IATP.
Pandemic delays Earth Overshoot Day by three weeks
News / 21st August 2020The day humanity exceeds Earth's biocapacity this year, Earth Overshoot Day, falls on August 22, three weeks later than in 2019. The shift is due to the pandemic, but can the contraction happen by design, not disaster?