climate change
Posted Thu, 02/26/2009 - 16:56 by muenda
Much of South Africa is already arid or semi-arid and climate change is expected to increase temperatures and droughts and add to pressure on limited water supplies.read more
Posted Mon, 02/02/2009 - 10:55 by muenda
At a moment where many look for ways to tackle the global economic crisis, the World Social Forum has set a clear message: “the weight of the crisis cannot fall on the shoulderread more
Posted Thu, 01/29/2009 - 17:23 by muenda
Oxfam International is participating at the 9th World Social Forum (WSF) in Belém, Brazil to share experiences and to strategize with other organizations and networks on waysread more
Posted Wed, 01/28/2009 - 14:47 by muenda
Europe’s refusal to commit money to help poor people cope with climate change could derail the chances of reaching a fair climate deal in Copenhagen, warned Oxfam Internationalread more
Posted Wed, 01/28/2009 - 12:08 by muenda
Leaders meeting at the World Economic Forum in Davos this week should seriously consider how the economic crisis can be a catalyst for new models of growth and a new way of doing busread more
Posted Tue, 01/27/2009 - 17:28 by muenda
Europe is trying to shirk its responsibility and pass the burden of dealing with the impacts of climate change onto the world’s poorest countries, Europe’s leading enviroread more
Posted Thu, 01/15/2009 - 12:37 by muenda
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The first National Climate Change Conference was held today in an effort to bring about coordinated and urgent action from all sectors on mitigation andread more
Posted Fri, 12/19/2008 - 17:11 by muenda
The Indian organization Gorakhpur Environmental Action Group (GEAG) has documented practices around agricultural adaptation in flood prone areas.read more
Posted Sat, 12/13/2008 - 18:20 by muenda
The conference in Poznan was meant to be a key milestone between the start of negotiations in Bali last year and their conclusion at Copenhagen next year.read more
Posted Sat, 12/13/2008 - 18:00 by muenda
Poznan, Poland – International agency Oxfam welcomed a step forward in negotiations to allow developing countries direct access to the Adaptation Fund, one of the most intractaread more
Posted Fri, 12/12/2008 - 18:00 by muenda
Poznan, Poland: The UN climate negotiations have not shown the urgency and political will needed to fight climate change and keep millions of people safe, Oxfam International said toread more
Posted Fri, 12/12/2008 - 14:36 by muenda
Europe has undermined the global fight against climate change by passing a deal today that has been badly compromised by special interests, says international agency Oxfam.read more
Posted Tue, 12/09/2008 - 10:51 by muenda
Poznan, Poland: International agency Oxfam called on finance ministers to undertake a concerted effort to address climate change and treat the climate crisis at least as seriously asread more
Posted Tue, 12/09/2008 - 00:10 by muenda
Actor Scarlett Johansson, broadcaster Sir David Attenborough, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu and singer-songwriter Angelique Kidjo are among 19 global figures to join Oxfam in a caread more
Posted Sat, 12/06/2008 - 15:13 by muenda
The Gdansk summit between French President Sarkozy and Central and Eastern European leaders risks fundamentally undermining Europe’s ambition to credibly tackle climate change, internread more
Posted Thu, 12/04/2008 - 09:18 by muenda
Big business is pressuring the EU to water-down its climate ambitions including, most particularly, around the key issue of auctioning carbon permits, says international agency Oxfamread more
Posted Tue, 12/02/2008 - 12:10 by muenda
Oxfam's Canvas for Change exhibition at the UN Climate Change Conference demonstrates how climate change is directly impacting on people's lives.read more
Posted Tue, 12/02/2008 - 12:02 by muenda
Oxfam Senior Policy Adviser, Antonio Hill, explains why Oxfam is in Poznan (Poland), and what the likely outcomes are from the negotiations on Climate Change currently being held by the Unite
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Posted Tue, 12/02/2008 - 10:05 by muenda
Innovative Financing Mechanisms Can Fund Adaptation Needs Without Breaking the BankPoznan, Poland—Negotiators at the UN climate change talks must urgently endorse innoread more
Posted Tue, 12/02/2008 - 10:00 by muenda
Recognizing that poor communities in developing countries are the least responsible for climate change but most vulnerable to its impacts, the Bali Action Plan calls for ‘new aread more
Posted Mon, 12/01/2008 - 18:41 by muenda
Andy Revkin of the New York Times at Columbia University on
Posted Mon, 12/01/2008 - 12:45 by muenda
New Oxfam report calls for Turning Point in the UN Climate Negotiations at Poznan Poznan, Poland: Climate change will increase global poverty and halt &ndasread more
Posted Mon, 12/01/2008 - 02:53 by muenda
- Climate change is the number one threat to human development.
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Posted Mon, 12/01/2008 - 01:45 by muenda
Photo: Red Cross of Argentina
Posted Thu, 11/27/2008 - 17:52 by muenda
This year, the United Nations Climate Change Conference is taking place in Poznań, Poland 1-12 December 2008.
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Posted Tue, 11/25/2008 - 19:04 by muenda
If you’d like to see how a local business is transforming itself into a sustainability icon, look no further than the Charleston Battery Stadium.
Posted Tue, 11/25/2008 - 16:06 by muenda
The catastrophic effects of climate change are hitting the poorest people first and worst.read more
Posted Tue, 11/25/2008 - 00:56 by muenda
Brussels, 25 November 2008 – Europe will face major embarrassment at international climate change talks next week if it fails to live up to its commitment to tackle global warmread more
Posted Mon, 11/24/2008 - 14:43 by muenda
Oxfam welcomes the EU’s €1bn for the world’s poorest farmers, finally agreed to after long negotiations.read more
Posted Thu, 11/20/2008 - 10:08 by muenda
Climate change hits poor people fir
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