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"New gilded age" reaches new heights with world’s billionaires owning staggering $6 trillion
Blog / 30th November 2017In an analysis (pdf) published Thursday that throws into stark relief the "unjust and unsustainable" nature of what economists have termed the New Gilded Age, the Swiss financial firm UBS found that the wealth of the world's billionaires grew by 17 percent in 2016, bringing their combined fortune to a record $6 trillion -- more than double the gross domestic product of the United Kingdom. N
A cop out at COP23?
Blog / 30th November 2017Despite a few victories, the UN’s annual climate change conference ended without achieving its goals or injecting a sense of much needed urgency.
Famine may be unfolding 'right now' in Yemen, warns UN relief wing
News / 23rd November 2017The United Nations relief wing on Friday warned of famine-like conditions unfolding in Yemen, as a blockade on aid and other essential goods by a Saudi-led coalition fighting Houthi rebels there enters its 12th day.
‘Harmony with Nature’ dialogues at the United Nations
Report / 22nd November 2017Since 2009, a series of expert dialogues at the General Assembly of the United Nations has sought to define a new worldview based on a non-anthropocentric relationship with Nature. The resolutions contain different perspectives regarding the construction of a new paradigm in which the fundamental basis for right and wrong action concerning the environment is grounded not solely in human concerns.
Equity and the ambition ratchet
Report / 22nd November 2017Share The World's Resources is one of many signatories to the latest Civil Society Equity Review, which proposes a policy framework for a fair sharing of efforts and resources to meet the global commitments on keeping greenhouse gas emissions within safe limits.
Activists condemn failure of COP23 to address interrelated crises of climate, energy & inequality
Article / 20th November 2017On the last day of the United Nations climate summit in Bonn, Germany, Democracy Now! get a wrap up on the proceedings from guests Dipti Bhatnagar (Friends of the Earth) and Asad Rehman (War on Want).
The real cost of the Paradise Papers is the millions of unseen victims of tax avoidance in the world’s poorest countries
Blog / 15th November 2017Tax dodgers may not be literally stealing medicines from the pockets of the poorest. But they are depriving poor countries of billions that could be invested in healthcare - and the reality of under-resourced health services is brutal, writes Rebecca Gowland.
Richest 1% own half the world’s wealth, study finds
Article / 14th November 2017The globe’s richest 1% own half the world’s wealth, according to a new report highlighting the growing gap between the super-rich and everyone else.
There can be no genuine tax reform without addressing hidden wealth
Blog / 10th November 2017The recently leaked Paradise Papers underscore the need to crack down on tax dodging instead of passing another giveaway for the wealthy, writes Chuck Collins for Inequality.org
Understanding COP23: On the international politics of climate change
Article / 7th November 2017The following article is a resource produced by members of Demand Climate Justice to provide background on the global politics of climate change and the upcoming U.N. negotiations in Bonn.