climate change

Thanks to four simple tools farmers in Ethiopia are protecting their livelihoods against climate change.  

Climate change alert: Oxfam report reveals spiralling costs of 3 degree compared to 2 degrees warming.

There is likely to be a climate deal in Paris. The emission pledges that more than 150 governments have put on the table this year show that global climate ambition is increasing. In this briefing Oxfam looks at potential game-changers on finance and mitigation ambition that could avert these costs for the world’s poorest people.

The biggest French food company fails to provide a strong commitment to fight climate change and support small-scale farmer resilience.

The sector must recognize coal is a dinosaur technology that needs to be pushed into extinction if we are to survive.

The G20 leaders’ summit has made welcome progress in tackling the refugee crisis while also taking tentative steps towards addressing the gap between rich and poor. However, the G20 has done little to build momentum toward an ambitious climate deal.

Asia is home to some of the world’s fastest growing economies. Yet millions of people remain poor, while a handful gets richer and richer.

Oxfam commended the World Bank for connecting the need to tackle climate change with the urgent fight to end poverty. In a new report, the Bank warned that more than 100 million additional people could be pushed into poverty by crop failures, floods, hunger, and other shocks caused by climate change. 

Oxfam Global Ambassadors Angélique Kidjo, Baaba Maal and Miguel Bosé, alongside many other celebrities, have shared an eyes-only selfie on social media to tell world leaders they have their #eyesonParis for action on climate change.

Oxfam's response to the UNFCCC’s verdict on what effect national pledges to reduce emissions will have in avoiding dangerous warming.