(19.05.2025)

The UN World Food Programme Innovation Accelerator is driving transformative solutions toward achieving zero hunger through cutting-edge technologies like blockchain and AI, reaching 61 million people in 2024 alone. A key lesson: empowering local communities through human-centered design is essential for lasting, scalable impact.

Outside view by Bernhard Kowatsch

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(15.05.2025)

On 13 May 2025, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, who heads the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, demonstrated humanitarian outspokenness when he addressed the UN Security Council.

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(06.05.2025)

On 19 March 2025, Global Responsibility brought together a diverse group of experts from ministries, government agencies, NGOs and research institutions – representing the humanitarian, development and peacebuilding sector – to discuss the practical challenges of operationalizing an HDP nexus approach in food security.

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(17.04.2025)

The Reference Group of Civil Society Organizations to the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC) is concerned about last year’s decline in Official Development Assistance (ODA). On 16 April, the OECD DAC reported a total of 212.1 billion US Dollar for 2024 – 11.4 billion US Dollar (or 7.1%) less than in 2023. The tectonic shift in the aid landscape is an unprecedented catastrophe for millions of people around the world who rely on aid.

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(16.04.2025)

The early figures for 2024 Official Development Assistance (ODA) confirm a deeply troubling trend: Europe’s richest countries per capita— such as Germany, Netherlands and Finland—are cutting back their commitments to international cooperation. The cuts are not just numbers on a page; they are political decisions with real-world consequences for millions of people’s lives and well-being. By pulling back, EU Member States and EU Institutions will also undermine the EU’s credibility as a partner.

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(09.04.2025)

Efficiency in humanitarian assistance cannot be fully realized without empowering local leadership and communities on the ground. For far too long, the humanitarian sector has been bogged down by endless discussions and recommendations that have not been acted upon. This has led to inefficiency in our response to crises, and it’s time to change that.

Outside view by Jamie Munn

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(02.04.2025)

Menschen mit Behinderungen machen in etwa 16% der Weltbevölkerung aus, von ihnen sind mindestens 41 Millionen von globalen Krisen betroffen. Dieses Briefingpapier empfiehlt konkrete Maßnahmen für ihre Inklusion im Rahmen der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit und Humanitären Hilfe, damit die Diskriminierung von Menschen mit Behinderungen weltweit beendet werden kann.

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(01.04.2025)

The ability to speak out is a treasure – a pillar of democracy. The old Greeks had a word for it, parrhesia, and they felt like slaves when they were deprived of it. Parrhesia is under threat. But particularly at this time humanitarian actors and we all need to abide by this moral imperative.

Outside view by Harry Eyres

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(24.03.2025)

For over two decades, nonprofit organizations have faced growing restrictions under the banner of fighting terrorism financing. But why would a humanitarian group, a human rights organization, or a local charity be treated as a potential security threat? And what are the real consequences of these measures?

Outside view by Thalia Malmberg and Vera Selig

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(09.12.2024)

Amid rising conflicts and global challenges, advancing a feminist development policy should be a key priority for European countries and the EU. This policy shift would be a strategic approach to achieving sustainable, inclusive growth by embedding intersectional gender equality into the EU’s development agenda, ensuring the rights and opportunities of affected groups are prioritized.

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(21.11.2024)

The EU will focus more of its energy and Official Development Assistance on pursuing its Global Gateway Initiative. Speaking at an event in Vienna on 31 October, CONCORD Director Tanya Cox outlined the changing position of civil society in the face of the growing power of the (far) right in the EU Parliament.

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(06.11.2024)

Developing countries cannot reduce and adapt to current and future climate impacts without financial support. For vulnerable communities already bearing the brunt of climate impacts, access to adequate funding is a matter of survival. As the world prepares for COP29 where global leaders will agree on a new climate finance target, the stakes have never been higher.

Outside view by Salomé Lehtman

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(23.10.2024)

The pan African thought leader on youth governance addresses the lasting impacts of colonialism, localization, the African Dignity Index, and what humanitarian workers should consider when going to an African country for the first time.

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(16.10.2024)

Farming communities across Africa are struggling with the challenges posed by the climate crisis. Despite heavy investment in commercial seeds and synthetic fertilizers, evidence suggests minimal progress for farmers. African governments and donors of the Global North must abandon the ineffective Green Revolution and instead develop a new food system that honours local cultures and communities.

Outside view by Million Belay

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(17.07.2024)

The leadership of the Group of African States in establishing a UN process towards a legally binding convention on international tax cooperation has meant that for the first time in history, all governments of the world are negotiating on issues of international tax on equal footing. It is a historic opportunity for governments to make progress on addressing an outdated international tax system leading to hundreds of billions of dollars in lost public revenue.

Outside view by Pooja Rangaprasad

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(12.06.2024)

On 16 May 2024, the VIDC hosted a discussion in Vienna in cooperation with Global Responsibility and Attac to address the contribution of tax systems to a social-ecological transformation and the Global Minimum Tax.

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(23.01.2024)

Countries that have contributed the least to global emissions face a critical challenge of addressing climate impacts amid tightening financial constraints. Over 50% of low-income countries are in or on the brink of debt distress. With many lacking adequate resources to adapt to climate impacts, developing nations are increasingly ensnared in the climate debt trap. Escaping this cycle requires more than domestic policy measures; it demands systemic multilateral solutions for global climate justice.

Outside view by Natalia Alayza & Carolyn Neunuebel

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(29.11.2023)

Four residents of the Indonesian island Pari, whose existence is under threat, are taking the Swiss cement company Holcim to court. They are demanding compensation for climate damages they have suffered, a financial contribution to flood–protection measures, as well as the rapid reduction of Holcim’s CO2 emissions.

Outside View by Parid Ridwanuddin & Yvan Maillard-Ardenti

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(13.09.2023)

There is a largely untapped potential of collaborations between social entrepreneurs and big International non-governmental organizations (INGOs) to scale impact and drive systemic change. In Ashoka’s latest report, we argue that social entrepreneurship makes INGOs advance localization and decolonization. And that INGOs will only unleash its promise if they prioritize social innovation and build an organizational culture of innovation.

Outside View by Georg Schön

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(04.10.2022)

The European Investment Bank has launched EIB Global, a new branch to spearhead development investments in the Global South. Yet the bank has a terrible track record of supporting projects which spark human rights violations while providing only negligible benefits to local communities. EIB Global must eradicate these abuses and put people above investor profits.

Outside View by Frank Vanaerschot

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