David McNair is executive director at ONE.org. Co-founded by Bono, it is a movement of millions of people fighting to end extreme poverty and preventable disease.
He sits on the European Council on Foreign Relations Council and is a founding executive board member of the Africa Europe Foundation.
Previously, he worked on successful campaigns to reduce child mortality and crack down on grand corruption and tax evasion.
In 2012 he was named one of the ninety-nine top foreign policy leaders under 33. He holds a PhD in social geography from the Queen’s University of Belfast.
As calls for global financial architecture reform grow louder, activists risk overloading policymakers. They should instead propose a comprehensive viable reform plan for People and Planet.
It could mark a shift toward a more inclusive financial system for the climate- and debt-stressed Global South.
At a time when Europe faces existential risks in the form of climate change and geopolitical competition, an over-cautious application of technical rules risks missing the bigger picture.
A debt crisis looms over low- and-middle-income countries. One in five people live in a country teetering toward default. NPR unpacks the causes and consequences, including spiraling food prices.
While European governments are focused on Ukraine, they risk diverting aid to Europe at a time when Africa needs it most.
Day after day, news reports depict how extreme heatwaves, floods, drought, and fires are indiscriminately ravaging continents, causing havoc, losses, damage, and tragedy, and fueling a sense of despair among affected communities. Yet, the IMF response to this crisis has so far been muted.
Unfortunately, those Western governments with decisionmaking power and resources to help vulnerable countries respond to the polycrisis are not inclined to use it, given domestic cost-of-living crises in G7 countries, the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, and limited domestic political appetite for international initiatives.
The US and Japan have responded positively to developing countries’ calls for greater representation. Europe is lagging behind and losing credibility.
The war in Ukraine is is impacting millions of people across Africa, Asia and the Middle East and a food shortage is looming.
The war in Ukraine is destroying the lives of millions of people far from the battlefield. The conflict is impacting millions of people across Africa, Asia and the Middle East and a food shortage is looming.
