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More than 9 million Britons vulnerable to reliance on food banks, research finds
News / 11th October 2024More than 9 million people in the UK experience levels of poverty and hunger so extreme they are vulnerable to reliance on charity food handouts, according to research.
The US’s priority: Palestinian slaughter, not hurricane prep
Article / 11th October 2024As devastating natural disasters cause mass destruction across the southeastern United States, politicians and leaders are more concerned with arming Israel to the teeth than preparing and rebuilding their own communities.
It’s time for rich polluters to pay for the climate crisis they created
Blog / 3rd October 2024Rich countries, whose emissions have fueled the climate crisis, must step up and take the lead. It’s time for rich polluters to pay for the destruction they’ve caused, writes Hilda Flavia Nakabuye.
More than £494bn subsidies a year in developing world harmful to climate
Report / 3rd October 2024More than $650bn (£494bn) a year in public subsidies goes to fossil fuel companies, intensive agriculture and other harmful industries in the developing world, new data has shown.
World’s top 1% own more wealth than 95 per cent of humanity
Report / 27th September 2024Over a third of world’s biggest 50 corporations - worth $13.3 trillion - now run by a billionaire or has billionaire as a principal shareholder, according to new analysis.
'Words are not enough': UN Pact for the Future must lead to action, climate groups say
News / 24th September 2024The world's nations agreed on Sunday to pass the "potentially game-changing" Pact for the Future, drawing praise from climate groups but also warnings that its abstract, generalized reforms must lead to concrete action.
The UN Charter needs rewriting
Blog / 24th September 2024Despite the less-than-revolutionary outcome of the UN Summit for the Future, hope for much-needed change remains. It can be introduced through a reform of the UN Charter, write Heba Aly, Brenda Mofya and Andreas Bummel for Al Jazeera.
‘Failing the stress test’: UN chief calls for global finance overhaul
News / 20th September 2024The United Nations is calling for an overhaul of the entire international financial system to reduce inequality and improve people’s lives. Read more about the upcoming 'Summit of the Future' conference.
New report lays out how US can address its ‘fair share’ of the climate crisis
Report / 19th September 2024Campaigners have published a proposal for how the U.S. can play a bigger role in tackling the climate emergency based on global justice and "fairshares", with a plan to end fossil fuel production by 2031.
UN needs to “open its doors to the world’s people”, civil society demands
Blog / 19th September 2024As the United Nations gears up for its Summit of the Future, civil society groups call for accountable global governance that includes the voices of the world's people. Convened by Democracy Without Borders et al.