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] An accelerated SDG push in social protection, the green economy, education, labour markets, innovation and effective governance can reduce global female extreme poverty from 9.2% in 2025 to 2.7% in 2050 and can unlock an additional $35.6 trillion in global GDP in 2050. UN DESA VOICE
• [New] Between 2015 and 2050, AMR could add 24.1 million people to extreme poverty and result in $85 trillion in global GDP losses. BioMed Central
• [New] The PBO report suggests a 40-per-cent reduction in poverty across Canada, whereas the P.E.I. proposal predicts a reduction of nearly 80% in that province. Policy Options
• Progress in reducing global poverty has essentially halted: by 2030, nearly 7% of the world's population - nearly 600 million people-will still struggle in extreme poverty. World Bank
• The World Bank's vision of a world free of poverty on a livable planet will depend on achieving water security for all. World Bank
• Achieving full women's workforce participation could increase global gross domestic product by nearly 20%, helping to reduce poverty. World Bank
• The gender alert raised the issue that, as women and girls in Afghanistan more broadly, but also the returnees in particular, face increased risks of poverty, early marriage, violence, exploitation and unprecedented restrictions on their rights, movements and freedoms. Forbes
• Globally, free trade has lifted more than a billion people out of poverty, stabilized alliances and reduced conflict risks in a multipolar world. Arab News
• Comprehensive packages could lift 10% of global populations out of poverty within a decade. David Shapiro's Substack
• Climate change could push at least 5.9 million more children and young people in Latin America and the Caribbean into poverty by 2030 unless governments act now. UN News

Last updated: 15 September 2025