Our Scans · (LF.1) No Poverty · Weekly Summary

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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] Closing the gender digital divide alone could lift 30 million women out of poverty and add US$ 1.5 trillion to the global economy by 2030. Bernama
• [New] Students in the U.S. are at high risk of experiencing period poverty. National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
• The UK government is expected to soon publish its ten-year child poverty strategy, designed to tackle the root causes of poverty for children. The Conversation
• Funded by raising online gambling taxes and tackling welfare fraud, it will result in the biggest reduction in child poverty at any Budget this century. GOV.UK
• Scrapping the two-child cap in Northern Ireland could lift thousands of children in Northern Ireland out of poverty. GOV.UK
• If implemented successfully, the U.S. could experience stronger consumer demand, reduced poverty levels, and improved financial well-being for working families. https://holaio.org/
• Closing the gender digital divide could benefit 343 million women and girls globally and lift 30 million people out of poverty by 2050. https://vir.com.vn/
• Restoring capital flows is a once-in-a-generation opportunity: it will allow Africa to harness its natural resources to lift millions out of energy poverty, drive industrialization and secure its energy future, all while strengthening global energy security. Pan African Visions
• Accelerating investments in care systems, green jobs, education, and social protection could lift 110 million women and girls out of extreme poverty by 2050 and generate US$ 342 trillion in cumulative economic returns. Mexico Business
• Closing the gender digital divide alone could lift 30 million women out of poverty and add USD 1.5 trillion to the global economy by 2030. Antara
• While the West dominated carbon emissions in the past, future emissions will overwhelmingly come from China, India, Africa, Brazil, Indonesia and other countries clambering out of poverty. New York Post

Last updated: 08 December 2025