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Inequality

Inequality is the cross-cutting theme to all problems we need to solve: Be it the climate crisis or the division of society – you cannot fully understand the issues without thinking about inequalities. The United Nations have therefore formulated the reduction of inequalities as an independent sustainability goal of the 2030 Agenda, No. 10: Inequality should be reduced within and between countries – “Leave no one behind!”

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What are the Sustainable Development Goals, also known as SDGs? If you want more information about the SDGs, you find it here: 17 SDGs.

Different forms of Inequality

Because there is not “the one” inequality, it makes sense to take a closer look at the various forms. The distinction also helps to understand that different forms of inequality are intertwined and reinforce each other. The pandemic has not affected everyone equally, but mainly those on lower incomes, people with poorer access to education, and BIPoCBlack, Indigenious, People of Colour. If you are interested in a specific category, simply click on the category under the title of the post – and you will be taken to the topic and all posts related to it. Or simply choose one of the following topics and categories:

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Solidarity, equality and sustainability?

GPF | The G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg in late November offered a once-in-20-years opportunity to promote a specific African agenda through the G20. The South African government set high expectations when it chose the theme “Solidarity, Equality, Sustainability” for its presidency.

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| Global Policy Forum
Article-Online Taxes
Tax capacity building for the Global North?

GPF | It was unprecedented in the history of multilateralism: The third round of negotiations on a UN tax convention marked the first time global tax negotiations took place on the African continent. Three takeaways from the third round of negotiations on the UN tax convention in Nairobi.

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| Global Policy Forum
Academic Wealth Article-Online Climate
The Guardian view on the inequality emergency: why a Nobel prize winner’s warning must be heeded

The Guardian | Rising economic division is destabilising nations and eroding accountability. Joseph Stiglitz’s G20 blueprint offers a way toward global economic renewal.

Source: The Guardian.

Climate Report Source Social Inequality
UN negotiations caught between corporate lobby and the struggle for global justice

GPF | Report on the eleventh session of the intergovernmental working group on transnational corporations and other business enterprises with respect to human rights (“UN Treaty“).

Source: Global Policy Forum.

| Global Policy Forum
Wealth Initiative Article-Online
G20: South Africa defies geopolitical bullying and puts inequality emergency on global agenda, says Oxfam

Oxfam | “This is the first ever meeting of world leaders, in history, where the inequality emergency was put at the center of the agenda. This is testament to South Africa’s leadership – one that put the billions before the billionaires.

Source: Oxfam.

| Oxfam
Wealth Initiative Income Data Economy-Finance Climate Taxes Report Source Social Inequality Academic
G20 Extraordinary Committee Of Independent Experts On Global Inequality

Commissioned by the G20 South Africa Presidency | Inequality is one of the most urgent concerns in the world today, generating many other problems in economies, societies, polities and the environment.

Source: G20 Reports.

| Joseph E. Stiglitz et al.
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