Global Scans · 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] Climate shocks set to deepen crisis: The global La Nina weather cycle will increase the risk of widespread flooding in early 2026, which would destroy food stocks and farmlands and push families deeper into poverty. The IRC
• [New] Nigeria's poverty rate would reach 62% in 2026. Penkelemesi
• [New] The extension of free school meals in England is expected to lift about 100,000 more children out of poverty. The Guardian
• [New] A prime example is Brazil, a rising energy power with huge renewable energy potential, as well as deep poverty and a thriving offshore oil sector. Infotag
• [New] By 2050 AMR-related deaths in Africa could soar to 4.1 million each year, pushing millions into extreme poverty and reversing decades of progress in infectious disease control. Africa CDC
• [New] Poverty and urban residence intersect to intensify health vulnerability among older adults, including as related to urban heat islands, where urban areas experience hotter temperatures than global averages. PubMed Central (PMC)
• Tesla's humanoid robot Optimus will eliminate poverty, be more productive than humans and boost the global economy. Los Angeles Times
• Improved health in livestock will result in increased and more efficient production of livestock-derived foods, benefiting global efforts to enhance food and nutrition security and eradicate poverty. PubMed Central (PMC)
• The World Bank's mission to end poverty and boost shared prosperity on a livable planet envisions a world where growth is not only robust but also broad-based. World Bank Group
• We can see even more clearly the long-term shifts needed in Scotland if we are to drive poverty and related trauma risks decisively downwards. Third SectorMainNet
• The most recent tariffs will increase the number of Americans living in poverty, between 650,000 and 875,000. Bread for the World
• Investing in a stable climate, healthy land and nature, and a pollution-free planet could deliver annual gains of US$ 20 trillion, avoid millions of deaths, and lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty and hunger. Circular Online
• 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
• Funded by tackling welfare fraud and long-overdue reforms to the Motability scheme, it will result in the biggest reduction in child poverty at any Budget this century. 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/
• Sri Lanka's fragile economic recovery will be delayed as Ditwah's devastation of homes, roads and vital crops pushes more families into poverty. ST
• At risk is mounting insecurity, increasing global poverty and refugee problems, and ever more challenging economic and environmental dislocations. Frank Vogl
• The UN has embraced the discourse of ambition, as the sustainable development goals of no poverty and zero hunger by 2030 underscore. Cambridge Core
• By 2050, almost 200 million people could be lifted out of undernourishment and over 100 million people out of extreme poverty. United Nations Environment Programme

Last updated: 04 January 2026