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The World Bank needs to understand poverty and what it actually costs a family to live on
Blog / 16th August 2019The World Bank claims poverty is decreasing around the world but UN research shows it depends on what you measure. If we are serious about reducing poverty, we need to start by properly identifying it.
Climate change: 12 years to save the planet? Make that 18 months
Blog / 9th August 2019Current plans to cut global carbon emissions are nowhere near strong enough to keep temperatures below the so-called safe limit - and 2020 is a deadline for action, explains Matt McGrath.
A quarter of humanity faces looming water crises
News / 9th August 2019Countries that are home to one-fourth of Earth’s population face an increasingly urgent risk: The prospect of running out of water.
Never ending growth?
Article / 1st August 2019The drive for continuous economic growth is the fatal flaw in the UN's plan to end poverty and save the planet, writes Joan Martinez Alier and Nick Meynen.
World marks earliest ‘Earth Overshoot Day’
Blog / 1st August 2019On Monday 29 July, humanity will consume more resources through the end of 2019 than the planet can sustainably regenerate for the year, according to the Global Footprint Network, which has been calculating Earth Overshoot Day since 1986.
Global hunger increases for a third year due to conflict, UN report finds
News / 29th July 2019Global hunger has increased for a third consecutive year, with more than 821 million people suffering from chronic starvation driven by conflict and climate change, a United Nations report found.
UN report shows mixed results in meeting SDGs
Report / 26th July 2019The United Nations launched its 2019 report on Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), showing inadequate progress in the fourth year into the sustainable development agenda and highlighting the need for imminent global action.
World hunger is on the rise
Blog / 25th July 2019The world already grows more than enough food to feed the world population. Why then do we keep getting it so wrong, acting like growing more commodity crops will end hunger? By Timothy A. Wise.
Income inequality reaches crisis level in West Africa
News / 10th July 2019West African Governments have been blamed for the worsening poverty and inequality levels in their countries. According to the Oxfam and Development Finance International report published Tuesday, inequality is at crisis levels in West Africa.
Spotlight on Sustainable Development 2019: Reshaping governance for sustainability
Report / 8th July 2019Four years after the adoption of the 2030 Agenda the world is off-track to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Most governments have failed to turn the transformational vision of the 2030 Agenda into real transformational policies.