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World 'nowhere near on track' to avoid warming beyond 1.5C target
News / 27th September 2018The world’s governments are “nowhere near on track” to meet their commitment to avoid global warming of more than 1.5C above the pre-industrial period, according to an author of a key UN report that will outline the dangers of breaching this limit.
A child under 15 dies every five seconds around the world – UN report
News / 25th September 2018An estimated 6.3 million children under 15 years of age died in 2017, or 1 every 5 seconds, mostly of preventable causes, according to new mortality estimates released by UNICEF, the World Health Organization (WHO), the United Nations Population Division and the World Bank Group.
World Bank reports slower progress on extreme poverty
News / 25th September 2018The war in Syria and a population surge in sub-Saharan Africa have undermined efforts to reduce the number of people living in extreme poverty, the World Bank has said.
The EU needs a stability and wellbeing pact, not more growth
News / 17th September 2018‘Today, solving social problems within European nations does not require more growth - it requires a fairer distribution of the income and wealth that we already have.’ 238 academics call on the European Union and its member states to plan for a post-growth future in which human and ecological wellbeing is prioritised over GDP.
A decade after the Lehman Brothers’ collapse, finance remains a major risk
Blog / 14th September 2018On 15 September, it will be ten years since the collapse of Lehman Brothers opened a Pandora’s Box. Movements across Europe are commemorating the date with acts of disobedience to relaunch our struggle to rebuild democracy, which can only be done by controlling finance, writes Susan George.
Global hunger continues to rise, new UN report says
News / 11th September 2018New evidence continues to signal that the number of hungry people in the world is growing, reaching 821 million in 2017 or one in every nine people, according to The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018 released today.
Extreme hunger could kill 600,000 children in war zones this year
News / 10th September 2018More than half a million children in conflict zones could die from extreme hunger before the end of the year, new research by Save the Children shows.
Rise for climate: powerful global mobilisation concludes demanding real climate leadership
News / 10th September 2018This weekend over 250,000 people took part in more than 900 actions in 95 countries. The Rise for Climate mobilizations demanded political action to keep fossil fuels in the ground and deliver a swift and just transition to 100% renewable energy for all.
An estimated 100 million people are homeless worldwide
Report / 6th September 2018In an effort to shed light on the complex challenges and scale of homelessness worldwide, the Homeless World Cup have compiled statistics in the countries in which their street football partners operate.
The climate crisis is here – and time to act is running out
Blog / 5th September 2018To unlock the needed ambition at the latest climate negotiations in Bangkok, each country must undertake its fair share of action – based on both their share of the responsibility for the crisis and their capacity to act – if the planet is to meet its collective climate goals, writes Adriano Campolina.