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This briefing explores some of the solutions for fighting corporate tax avoidance that the European Union should present in 2015, and explains why it is important to adopt them as soon as possible.

'Financing the Sustainable Development Goals' is the second Government Spending Watch report, produced by Development Finance International for Oxfam.

EU Justice ministers will meet next Thursday, 1 December, to agree on the EU’s new rules to make companies accountable for the damage they cause to people and the planet. The law lost most of its teeth during negotiations between EU countries and risks being a far cry from what is needed.     

A new study by the IFEU institute quantifies for the first time the enormous opportunity costs across Europe of dedicating millions of hectares of fertile cropland to the production of biofuels. The results are clear - this land could be used much better in the interest of mitigating climate change, stemming biodiversity loss or increasing global food security. In 2009, the European Union (EU) introduced a biofuels mandate as part of its green fuels law, the ʻRenewable Energy Directiveʼ (RED). The proposition at the time was attractive: farmers would…

This briefing examines reported international public climate finance flows, taking into account the funding commitments of developed countries. Oxfam’s analysis finds that the most vulnerable people and communities are being neglected by funds that should be helping them.

Paris has been a landmark agreement, but it won’t be the last. The political world is waking up to what a transition away from fossil fuels looks like. But it has only started to understand the scale of the challenge to adapt to the impact of climate change on our food system, our humanitarian system, our economies and ultimately the livelihoods of hundreds of millions around the world. For the world’s poorest and most vulnerable, the struggle for climate justice continues. 

In reaction to the announcement that climate change legislation is delayed by the United States Senate, perhaps indefinitely, David Waskow of Oxfam, made the following statement:

Oxfam welcomes the call for regulation of tax havens and illicit financial flows. Oxfam spokesperson Stephen Hale said: “The Panel's unanimous call for the r

To roll out his global health strategy, UN General Secretary Ban Ki Moon has announced today US$40 billion for all three health-related poverty goals, with a strong focus on women and chil

Baffour Amoa, spokesperson for the Control Arms Coalition said: