Global Civil Society & the UN Sustainable Development Goals

Goal 1: End poverty in all its forms everywhere

No Poverty


Eradicating extreme poverty for all people everywhere by 2030 is a pivotal goal of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Extreme poverty, defined as surviving on less than $2.15 per person per day at 2017 purchasing power parity, has witnessed remarkable declines over recent decades.

However, the emergence of COVID-19 marked a turning point, reversing these gains as the number of individuals living in extreme poverty increased for the first time in a generation by almost 90 million over previous predictions.

Even prior to the pandemic, the momentum of poverty reduction was slowing down. By the end of 2022, nowcasting suggested that 8.4 per cent of the world’s population, or as many as 670 million people, could still be living in extreme poverty. This setback effectively erased approximately three years of progress in poverty alleviation.

If current patterns persist, an estimated 7% of the global population – around 575 million people – could still find themselves trapped in extreme poverty by 2030, with a significant concentration in sub-Saharan Africa.

A shocking revelation is the resurgence of hunger levels to those last observed in 2005. Equally concerning is the persistent increase in food prices across a larger number of countries compared to the period from 2015 to 2019. This dual challenge of poverty and food security poses a critical global concern.

Name Acronym Founded City HQ Country/Territory HQ Type I Type II

ECHELON Watch

G

ECHO - International Health Services

1966 Coulsdon UK G y

ECLOF International

1946 Geneva Switzerland F f

Eclosio

2018 Gembloux Belgium G

Ecole européenne de psychothérapie socio- et somato-analytique, Strasbourg

EEPSSA Lipsheim France G

EcoNews Africa

ENA 1992 Nairobi Kenya G

Economic and Social Development Bank

1974 Caracas Venezuela G g

Economic Freedom Network Asia

EFN Asia 1998 Bangkok Thailand E

Economy for the Common Good

ECG Hamburg Germany C

Ecumenical Program on Central America and the Caribbean

EPICA 1968 Washington DC USA G

EDANA, the voice of nonwovens

EDANA 1971 Brussels Belgium D t

Edmond J Safra Foundation

1977 G f

Edna McConnel Clark Foundation

EMCF 1974 New York NY USA G f

Education and Solidarity Network

2009 Brussels Belgium F y

Edward Lamb Foundation

Perrysburg OH USA N f

Ekklesia Society

1996 Frisco TX USA F v

El Taller International

1991 F

Elevages sans frontières

1999 Wasquehal France G

Eliminating Child Labour in Tobacco Foundation

ECLT Foundation 2002 Geneva Switzerland F fy

Emerge Poverty Free

1995 London UK G

EMERGENCY

1994 Milan Italy G

Emerging Europe Alliance for Business Services, Innovation and Technology

Emerging Europe Alliance London UK J

Emmanuel International

EI 1975 Port Perry ON Canada F

Emmaüs Europe

2005 Montreuil France E

Emmaus International

1971 Montreuil France E

Enabel

1998 Brussels Belgium G g

End Water Poverty

EWP 2007 London UK F y

ENDA Europe

EE 1977 D

enda inter-arabe

enda-ia 1993 Tunis Tunisia G

Energy Peace Partners

EPP Sausalito CA USA G

Energy Poverty Action

EPA Midrand South Africa E

Enfants du Globe

2004 Kankan Guinea G

Engage Now Africa

ENA 2002 Foxborough MA USA G

Engineers Against Poverty

EAP London UK G

Enhanced Heavily Indebted Poor Countries Initiative

HIPC Initiative 1996 Washington DC USA E g

Enhanced Integrated Framework

EIF Geneva Switzerland F y

Enraíza Derechos

1985 Madrid Spain G v

Enseignantes de Sainte Dorothée, Filles des Saints Coeurs

Filles des Saints Coeurs 1831 Vicenza Italy R

Entraide et fraternité

1961 Brussels Belgium G

Entrepreneurs du Monde

1998 Lyon France G

Environment and Development Resource Centre

EDRC 1991 Overijse Belgium G v

Environmental Foundation for Africa

EFA Freetown Sierra Leone G f

Environmental Noetic Study and Service Centre Association

ENSCA Nideggen Germany N

EPIC-Africa

2017 Fann-Dakar Senegal J

Episcopal Relief and Development

1940 New York NY USA G f

Equilibres and Populations

Equipop 1993 Paris France G

Equipes Saint-Vincent

ESV 1617 Paris France G

Erikshjälpen

Holsbybrunn Sweden G

ERTICO ITS Europe

1991 Brussels Belgium F y

Espoir sans frontières

ESF 1988 Redon France G

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