Our Scans · (LF.1) 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] Government published the Warm Homes Plan, which will deliver £15bn of public investment in heat pumps, solar panels, batteries and more, to upgrade up to 5m homes and lift up to a million families out of fuel poverty by 2030. GOV.UK
• [New] In much of the global south, we could see human catastrophes as dangerous heat collides with unreliable electricity, overcrowded housing, limited access to air conditioning, weak public health systems and widespread poverty. The Guardian
• [New] The world's most populous region, also hosting the single-largest concentration of poverty-stricken people, the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) risks losing its effective use. GorakhaPatra
• [New] Social fragmentation represents disruptions in social connections and community cohesion (e.g., social exclusion, isolation, lack of belonging), while SES deprivation encompasses limitations in material and educational resources (e.g., poverty, unemployment, limited educational attainment). PubMed Central (PMC)
• [New] While Nigeria stands to benefit from higher crude oil prices, rising costs of essential goods are expected to worsen poverty and food insecurity, partly offsetting the gains from improved terms of trade. The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
• [New] Nigeria is supported by improved macroeconomic stability and favourable terms-of-trade effects, though higher prices for essentials are expected to further aggravate poverty and food insecurity. Peoples Gazette Nigeria
• The effects of climate change might push 132 million additional people into poverty by 2030. AACSB
• The withdrawal, or even disappearance, of the world's largest donors risks triggering a domino effect, causing a historic decline in funding for gender equality and directly compromising the achievement of the SDGs and the eradication of poverty. Focus 2030
• The need for air conditioning and other ways of addressing extreme heat is steadily growing as the planet steadily warms up, and many of the people who will be most affected live in regions with limited access to reliable or affordable power and with high levels of poverty. MIT News | Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• With the right policy mix - one that boosts job creation and productivity while strengthening equity and resilience - the Philippines can all but eliminate poverty by 2040 and firmly put most of its people in the secure middle class. World Bank
• Globally, MCIs are on the rise due to rapid population and industrial growth, poor infrastructure, poverty, social disruption and climate crises. medRxiv
• Residents of affluent White-majority counties may expect to live around 80 years, while residents of high-poverty urban Black communities or remote Native American reservations experience much shorter lifespans. North American Community Hub
• With a population of 7 billion, and another billion projected in less than 15 years, the world faces daunting challenges, including global warming, a recent rapid increase in food prices, and more than 1 billion people living in extreme poverty. PubMed Central (PMC)
• Poverty, global instability, conflict, global displacement of people and the breakdown of safe migration routes are creating a growing pipeline of vulnerability that traffickers are quick to exploit. The Guardian
• In India and across the Global South, where climate risk intersects with poverty, infrastructure deficits, and social inequality, the case for ESG remains strong. evACAD
• The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) formally identifies climate change as a critical national security threat and a threat multiplier, as it exacerbates existing stresses like poverty, political instability, and resource scarcity. CODEPINK - Women for Peace
• Cuts to food assistance and Medicaid eligibility under the budget legislation signed into law last year by President Donald Trump will worsen the poverty outlook for older Americans. RGB Financial
• The EU Anti-Poverty Strategy sets a clear path toward reaching the EU target laid out in the European Pillar of Social Rights Action Plan of reducing the number of people at risk of poverty and social exclusion by at least 15 million by 2030, as well as helping eradicate poverty by 2050. Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion
• UN Women notes estimates that closing the gender digital divide would improve the lives of 343.5 million women and girls, generate approximately US $ 1.5 trillion dollars by 2030, and lift 30 million out of poverty by 2050. Women's World Banking

Last updated: 20 July 2026