Anti-poverty strategy: Child poverty remains stubbornly high in the EU
More than 19 million children in the EU live in poverty, putting the bloc at risk of missing its poverty reduction targets.
By János Allenbach-Ammann
More than 19 million children in the EU live in poverty, putting the bloc at risk of missing its poverty reduction targets.
By János Allenbach-Ammann
An alliance of 24 children’s and youth associations is calling on the German government to introduce a socially just climate action program. A healthy environment is also necessary for children to grow up healthy, they say.
By Kai Schöneberg
It is to be the EU’s first poverty strategy – and a very ambitious one at that. Poverty is to be “eradicated” in the 27 member states by 2050. Previous attempts have failed.
By Alina Leimbach
Nearly 900 million poor people worldwide are also exposed to extreme heat, drought, flooding or environmental pollution. Their situation is likely to worsen, warns the Global Multidimensional Poverty Index.
By Kai Schöneberg