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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.
‘Catastrophic’ hunger persists in multiple countries, warn food agencies
News / 8th November 2024“Catastrophic levels of acute food insecurity” bordering on starvation are expected to impact hundreds of thousands of people in coming months, driven principally by violence and conflict, say UN agencies.
'Unacceptable,' advocates say as COP16 ends without biodiversity fund deal
News / 4th November 2024Officials at the international biodiversity conference were forced to suspend talks without reaching an agreement on a key issue of the summit—a detailed finance plan for a dedicated biodiversity fund.
Carbon emissions of richest 1% increase hunger, poverty and deaths, says Oxfam
Report / 4th November 2024The high carbon emissions of the world’s richest 1% are worsening hunger, poverty and excess deaths, a report has found.
Open call for a ceasefire in Gaza, Lebanon and Israel and end to impunity
News / 24th October 2024STWR joins a coalition of more than 150 NGOs urging the international community to end the impunity that has allowed atrocities by Israeli forces against civilians to escalate in Gaza, the West Bank and now Lebanon.