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In New Year’s Message, Guterres urges countries to drastically slash emissions and ‘exit this road to ruin’
News / 1st January 2025UN Secretary-General António Guterres called for making 2025 “a new beginning” in his message for the New Year.
35 children born into hunger every minute in 2024
Report / 1st January 2025At least 18.2 million children were born into hunger in 2024, or about 35 children a minute, with conflict and climate crises combining to drive at least 800,000 more children into hunger over the year, according to a new analysis.
Staggering scale of Sudan crisis ‘demands sustained and urgent attention’
Blog / 23rd December 2024A senior UN humanitarian official has issued an urgent plea for international support to alleviate the devastating toll of the ongoing war in Sudan, as millions remain in desperate need of aid and protection.
Gaza: Nearly one million Palestinians face winter without shelter
Blog / 23rd December 2024Only 23 percent of Gaza’s shelter needs have been met this autumn, leaving nearly one million Palestinians vulnerable to exposure during the harsh winter months, according to the Norwegian Refugee Council-led Shelter Cluster in Palestine.
A most heinous—yet unprosecuted—crime: inequality
Blog / 19th December 2024Planet Earth is drying up, relentlessly. But while such an ‘existential crisis’ affects nearly every region, guess where - and who - are the most hit?
Who should pay for climate loss and damage?
Blog / 22nd November 2024Who should pay for climate loss and damage? The big oil and gas industry who are most responsible for the crisis—it’s fundamentally an issue of climate justice, says Abdoulaye Diallo for IPS news.
Global tax on billionaires becomes possibility as Brazil's president cements G20 agreement
News / 20th November 2024A landmark call for billionaires to be taxed at a minimum rate has been agreed to in principle at the G20 summit, as all countries present endorsed the measure.
World losing half a trillion to tax abuse, largely due to 8 countries blocking UN tax reform
Report / 19th November 2024Countries are losing US$492 billion in tax a year to multinational corporations and wealthy individuals using tax havens to underpay tax, the Tax Justice Network’s annual State of Tax Justice shows.
New report calls out damage from Global North’s refusal to do their fair share and pay up on climate finance
Report / 15th November 2024The latest Civil Society Equity Review outlines the profound damage being done by the developed countries’ refusal to do their fair share, especially on climate finance.
The 1.5 degrees celsius target from Paris (probably) died on November 5th
Article / 15th November 2024In the wake of Trump's return as US president, other nations can - and must - work together and share their resources if we are to avoid a worst scenario for the climate, writes Felix Dodds and Michael Strauss for IPS news.