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] Rising food prices and declining farm incomes are putting increasing pressure on the global food system, with up to 720 million people at risk of falling into extreme poverty. National Today
• [New] A workers' government in the United States, simply by laying its hands on the $1 trillion increase in wealth for 19 households, could abolish poverty, hunger and homelessness. World Socialist Web Site
• [New] Left unaddressed, that destruction will cause deeper poverty and could spur social unrest and further waves of emigration internationally, only without the state and public support in the hosting countries during Russia's full-scale invasion. CEPA
• [New] Older persons face an outsized risk of falling into poverty, as social safety nets often provide too little support to meet basic needs in the context of longer life spans, rising costs, and worsening global crises. Opinio Juris
• [New] Assam faces challenges such as climate vulnerability, inadequate infrastructure, and multidimensional poverty, which hinder inclusive growth. Netherlands for the World Bank
• [New] A rise in the state pension age will plunge more than a hundred thousand people into poverty. BBC News
• [New] Projecting India as the use case capital of the world might neither result in real gains for people experiencing poverty, nor solve complex socio-economic developmental problems. Center for the Study of Organized Hate
• [New] A manufacturing-led pathway could add US$ 168 billion in output, create 35 million more jobs, and lift 19.1 million people out of poverty by 2043. ISS Africa
• [New] Full AfCFTA implementation could increase Africa's economy by US$ 650 billion by 2043 and lift 32 million people out of extreme poverty. ISS Africa
• [New] SNAP cuts are expected to increase poverty, food insecurity, and hunger by terminating or cutting food assistance for about 4 million people, including children, older adults, people with disabilities, and veterans. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
• [New] Millions in the UK could be lifted out of effective poverty, as car ownership becomes a choice rather than a need. The Loop
• [New] Major questions loom over the future of Georgia's decades-old Quality Basic Education (QBE) funding formula for public schools as $15.3 million in pilot funding expires for an opportunity weight designed to account for the higher costs of educating students living in poverty. Georgia Budget and Policy Institute
• [New] A proposed Department of Homeland Security public charge - related rule that children's advocates say would deter immigrant families from accessing health, nutrition, and other basic supports, increasing child poverty, stress, and risk of maltreatment and trafficking. INVISIBLE CHILDREN
• [New] 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
• [New] The lives of children worldwide are threatened by preventable circumstances including, but not limited to, diseases, poverty, malnutrition, death penalties and environmental degradation. TRANSCEND Media Service
• Due to action by the Maryland General Assembly last year, its state-based health insurance premium assistance program will lessen the blow of rising premiums for many people under 400% of the federal poverty level through 2028. UPI
• Federal proposals and rules that restrict immigrant families' access to Medicaid, SNAP, and other basic supports, which advocates say will push more children into poverty, worsen health, and increase child welfare involvement. INVISIBLE CHILDREN

Last updated: 22 February 2026