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Las crisis políticas, los escándalos y la disfunción siguen dominando la agenda noticiosa global. No sorprende, por lo tanto, que mucha gente haya pasado por alto el anuncio del Reino Unido el mes pasado de que invertirá 600 millones de libras (779 millones de dólares) para brindar acceso a otros 20 millones de mujeres y niñas en el mundo en desarrollo a la planificación familiar.

Alcançar o acesso universal à contraceção melhoraria milhões de vidas e encaminharia as sociedades para uma prosperidade mais rápida. Com tanto em jogo, o mundo deve dedicar muito mais atenção e recursos a esse objetivo.

Political crises, scandals and dysfunction dominate the global news agenda. Unsurprisingly, therefore, many people missed Britain’s announcement last month that it would spend £600m ($1.133bn) to provide 20 million more women and girls in the developing world with access to family planning.

Political crises, scandals, and dysfunction continue to dominate the global news agenda. Unsurprisingly, therefore, many people missed the United Kingdom’s announcement last month that it will spend £600 million ($779 million) to provide 20 million more women and girls in the developing world with access to family planning.

Es fácil pensar en la inanición como un reto que entró en la conciencia del mundo rico en los años 80 y se solucionó en gran parte gracias a conciertos de rock. Es cierto que el mundo ha hecho enormes avances en la lucha contra el hambre masiva en los últimos 30 años, principalmente como resultado del mejoramiento de las prácticas agrícolas. Sin embargo, a nivel planetario, la escasez de comida sigue matando a un niño cada tres segundos.

Ein neuer Bericht der Vereinten Nationen warnt davor, dass die Zahl der Hungernden im Jahr 2018 weltweit zum dritten Mal in Folge gestiegen sei und nun bei über 820 Millionen liege. Und rund zwei Milliarden Menschen - über ein Viertel der Weltbevölkerung - habe keinen regelmäßigen Zugang zu sicheren, nahrhaften und ausreichenden Lebensmitteln. Diese stillen Todesfälle und das stille Leiden erregen nicht die Aufmerksamkeit der Welt wie die vergangenen Hungersnöte. Sehr zu Unrecht.

Most people on the planet wake up each day thinking that things are getting worse. It is little wonder, given what they routinely read in the newspaper or see on television. But this gloomy mood is a problem because it feeds into scare stories about how climate change will end in Armageddon. The fact is that the world is mostly getting better.

Det er nemt at tænke på sult som en udfordring, den rige verden først blev opmærksom på i 1980erne, og som stort set blev løst ved hjælp af en række velgørende rockkoncerter. Det er rigtigt nok, at verden har gjort store fremskridt i bekæmpelsen af hungersnød over de sidste 30 år, først og fremmest som resultat af bedre landbrugsmetoder. Men på verdensplan tager manglen på fødevarer stadig et barns liv hvert tredje sekund.

This year, the world will spend $US162 billion ($230bn) subsidising renewable energy, propping up inefficient industries and supporting middle-class homeowners to erect solar panels, according to the International Energy Agency. In addition, the Paris Agreement on climate change will cost the world from $US1 trillion to $US2 trillion a year by 2030. Astonishingly, neither of these hugely expensive policies will have any measurable impact on temperatures by the end of the century.

t’s easy to think of starvation as a challenge that entered the rich world’s consciousness in the 1980s and was largely solved through charity rock concerts. True, the world has made huge progress in combating mass starvation over the past 30 years, largely as a result of improved agricultural practices. Yet, globally, food deprivation still claims a child’s life every three seconds.