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sustainable development goals

October 11, 2020

World Food Programme awarded Nobel Peace Prize

The Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to turn the eyes of the world towards the millions of people who suffer from or face the threat of hunger.
October 7, 2020

Call for IMF to immediately stop promoting austerity

The global economy stands at a crossroads between austerity or policies compatible with fighting inequality, pursuing climate justice, and realising human rights, say 504 organisations.
May 15, 2020

People living longer, healthier lives but COVID-19 threatens progress, says WHO

The biggest gains were reported in low-income countries, which saw life expectancy rise 21 per cent between 2000 and 2016.
April 30, 2020

Tap youth talent to tackle COVID-19 crisis and beyond, says UN chief

Even amidst the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, countries must do more to harness the talents of young people to address the crisis and its aftermath, the UN Secretary-General told the Security Council.
March 23, 2020

Water resources essential part of solution to climate change, say UN

The United Nations has launched a flagship report which says that reducing both the impacts and drivers of climate change will require major shifts in the way we use and reuse the Earth’s limited water resources.
March 4, 2020

Tax Justice Network welcomes UN panel to tackle ‘tax gaps’ in global financial architecture

The problem of corruption is overwhelmingly driven by high-income financial secrecy jurisdictions, says the Tax Justice Network..
January 18, 2020

Poor countries cut public spending in response to trebling of debt payments

Meeting Sustainable Development Goals to cut poverty and inequality requires large increases in public spending, but in many countries the opposite is happening.
September 28, 2019

Illicit flows of money rob poor countries of $416bn a year, says Christian Aid report

Poor nations are being robbed of revenues worth $416 billion per year by 'illicit financial flows’, money that is illegally or abusively earned, transferred or used around the world, Christian Aid has estimated.
September 11, 2019

Union responds to OECD education report

The National Education Union says that the findings of OECD provide another worrying reminder that education in England is moving in the wrong direction.
August 4, 2019

Christian Aid announces plans to streamline its work

The strategy, which will focus work in fewer countries, will require some staff redundancies and closure of some regional offices.