Day: 9 January 2024

Less than 1 per cent of aid spending targets gender-based violence, according to new reports

Stuart Mitchell

In 2022, countries around the world spent USD 204 billion in overseas development assistance—of that sizable sum, only one-fifth of one per cent was spent on reducing gender-based violence. That’s according to “What Counts? The state of funding for the prevention of gender-based violence against women and girls”, a new report by the UN Women partners the Equality Institute and the Accelerator for GBV Prevention, working together under the Collective Commitment with the Generation Equality Action Coalition on GBV. Less than 1 per cent of aid spending targets gender-based violence,…

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Nominations Open for €1m Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity 2024 Edition

Stuart Mitchell

Nominations for the 5th edition of the Gulbenkian Prize for Humanity are now open. Offering an award of 1 million euros, the Prize recognises individuals, organisations and groups leading society’s efforts to tackle the single biggest challenge facing humanity today: climate change. The Prize highlights outstanding contributions to climate action and climate solutions that inspire hope. Since its inception, the Prize jury has awarded 4 million euros to different approaches to tackling climate change, including youth mobilisation, coalition building, development of local solutions, scientific research and leadership in ecosystem restoration.…

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Julia and Hans Rausing donate £8.7 million to 27 UK hospices under financial pressure

Stuart Mitchell

Julia and Hans Rausing, have recently announced grants of £8.7 million to 27 hospices across the UK to help them meet the significant increase in their day-to-day costs, brought about by inflation and high energy prices.  Hospices in particular need of support were identified by the Julia and Hans Rausing Trust, working with the charity Hospice UK. The Trust analysed data to identify hospices with less than 12 months of funds in reserve, with support focused on regions with the highest proportion of hospices in need, which included East Midlands,…

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Urgent action needed at scale to tackle food waste in our homes

Stuart Mitchell

Climate action NGO, WRAP, recently published updated figures for UK food waste, food-related GHG emissions, and water use linked to food production.  Food waste figures show that, whilst lower than when records began in 2007, the amount of food thrown away in our homes rose in the period 2018 – 2021 and remains by far the largest source of food waste of the UK’s 10.7Mt total. To assess trends in household food waste over time, WRAP focused on food waste collected by local authorities only to allow robust comparisons*. For…

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Upfront costs biggest barrier to green home improvements

Stuart Mitchell

Lloyds Banking Group, a leading UK based financial services group, has released the first Housing Stocktake 2023 report (PDF, 4.7MB) sharing insights on the stalling efforts to decarbonise the UK’s housing stock. In the UK, homes are one of the highest emitting sectors, with the 28 million residential properties accounting for 16% of the UK’s total carbon missions. The report reveals that while nearly six in ten (57%) homeowners think it’s important to make their property ‘net zero ready’ by 2035, over two-thirds (69%) have not taken any action to make improvements…

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