Wealthy nations backsliding on commitment to global development

The world’s richest nations are backsliding in their support for global development, according to a new study by the Commitment to Development Index.

Of the 38 nations assessed, 24 were found to be regressing across multiple policy areas, including their commitment to limit global temperature rises to 1.5C. And that will have major repercussions for some of the world’s poorest countries, Jiwoh E. Abdulai, Sierra Leone’s Minister for…