Global Scans · No Poverty · Weekly Summary

In September 2015, 193 world leaders agreed to 17 Global Goals for Sustainable Development. If these Goals are completed, it would mean an end to extreme poverty, inequality and climate change by 2030.
Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere.

• [New] Climate change adversely affects important health risk factors including water quality, food security, energy poverty, adequacy of housing and telecommunications in remote Australia. BioMed Central
• [New] Implementing a similar FBE programme could alleviate energy poverty among Nigeria's low-income households, ensuring access to essential electricity services without exacerbating financial strain. The Republic
• [New] Regulating and altering water use behaviour could curtail water shortages, and Pakistan could pave the way for more economic development, which could help lower poverty rates and ease tensions between water users. Save Indus River
• A premature shift without affordable renewable substitutes could entrench energy poverty and widen global inequalities. Modern Ghana
• Innovative technology has the potential to address global challenges such as climate change, hunger, and poverty. Browvopetshop
• The number of children in poverty would increase from 4.5 million to 4.8 million by 2029 unless urgent action is taken. The Guardian
• AfCFTA could lift 30 million people out of extreme poverty, raise incomes for 68 million people, and boost Africa's income by $450 billion by 2035. ENUGU STATE GOVERNMENT
• A triumphant FTA could boost Argentine exports significantly, improving its economic growth and potentially reducing poverty. World Today News
• A reduction of families' benefits worth around £3bn will lead to child poverty rates increasing to an all-time high. Big Issue
• There remain over 3 million households living in fuel poverty in England and the support currently in place will be insufficient to significantly alleviate fuel poverty this decade. GOV.UK
• The Smart Treasure Investment Team has stated that its vision is to reduce poverty rates in Africa by 30% come 2027, with special focus on Nigeria. Vanguard News
• International cooperation will be essential for tackling climate change, pandemics, poverty, and other global challenges. The Environmental Literacy Council
• Heads expressed grave concern that without urgent action to mitigate climate change, reduce vulnerability and increase resilience, the impacts of climate change could push an additional 100 million people into poverty by 2030. Commonwealth
• As one of Africa's most vital sectors, agriculture holds the potential to reduce poverty and strengthen food security. Agritech Digest
• As stressed by the World Bank Group, without urgent policy action, rising poverty and inequality will continue to threaten global stability, economic resilience, and social cohesion. Patricio V. Marquez
• Millions of people around the world living in poverty, have been experiencing a 'a climate hazard flip' since the turn of the century. wateraid
• The serious threat to under development countries poses is to development and poverty reduction in the poorest and most vulnerable regions of the world especially South Asia. UKDiss
• The World Bank Group is partnering with the African Development Bank and other partners on Mission 300, an ambitious initiative to connect 300 million people to electricity in Sub-Saharan Africa by 2030 and accelerate development and poverty reduction. World Bank
• Ghana, as one of Africa's fastest-growing economies, exemplifies how mobile telecommunications can significantly enhance economic opportunities, reduce poverty, and improve living standards. Myjoyonline
• The UBIG could have a profound impact on poverty reduction, economic growth, and social stability in South Africa. satRdays
• Without urgent intervention, LAC region is not even close to meet the UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) of achieving universal quality primary and secondary education by 2030, or even just reduce learning poverty by half. WheelerBlog
• Economic Transformation: Dramatically lower energy costs could reshape economic systems, potentially reducing poverty, enabling new industries, and changing patterns of global development. New Fire Energy
• In areas like renewable energy, BRICS countries have made significant progress that could benefit Africa's efforts to address energy poverty and climate change. Plus News

Last updated: 11 May 2025