November 27th – Today, countries at the UN General Assembly overwhelmingly voted to adopt the mandate for the new global tax rules, the Terms of Reference for the UN Framework Convention on International Tax Cooperation (UN Tax Convention).

The article explores the catastrophic impact of ongoing wars (in Gaza, Sudan, Ukraine...), highlighting their role in exacerbating antimicrobial resistance (AMR) through human and environmental destruction and the collapse of health infrastructure.

On World Food Day, over 100 civil society and Indigenous Peoples’ organisations from across the globe have come together to release the Peoples’ Manifesto on the Right to Adequate Food and Nutrition. The Manifesto calls for urgent political action to end the use of starvation as a weapon of war, address food insecurity, combat inequality, and transform global food systems.

On September 24, the Civil Society Financing for Development (FfD) Mechanism issued a communique condemning the failure of UN member states to advance international financial architecture (IFA) reforms during the UN Summit of the Future.

It’s ‘all systems go’ for the curation of the Sustainable Energy Futures for Tanzania Report. This follows a successful consultative research workshop organized by the Sustainable Energy Futures (SEF) Project team, with the support of Heinrich Boll Foundation, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania on 27 August. 

In a historic step forward in the fight for a fair and effective international tax system, States have overwhelmingly voted to adopt the terms of reference for the UN Tax Convention, the mandate for the new global tax rules. The vote took place on Friday 16 August at the UN Headquarters in New York.

In its commitment to addressing the underlying causes of biodiversity loss, SID has co-signed a Statement on Biodiversity Offsets and Credits, together with over 200 signatories, to call on governments and other actors to stop the promotion, development and use of biodiversity crediting, offsetting, and related trading schemes.

We are seeking to commission insightful, well-researched think pieces that delve into the multifaceted challenges and opportunities within Tanzania’s energy system to contribute to the curation of the Sustainable Energy Futures for Tanzania Report.