In Africa, location of this year’s UN Climate Summit, severe climate events are also impacting on people’s ability to grow food. More than 13 million people in Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia are facing desperate food shortages following the worst drought in 60 years. Read full release »
We are half a world away from the UN Climate Change Negotiations in Durban, but our fate is intertwined with the outcome of this South African meeting. Read full release »
Negotiators at the UN climate talks have narrowly avoided a collapse, agreeing to the bare minimum deal possible. Read full release »
International aid agency Oxfam says Australia must join with other countries to take strong action at this week’s climate change negotiations in Durban or risk pushing millions of people further into hunger and poverty. Read full release »
The passage of the Clean Energy Future legislation is a positive first step in catching up to other nations on tackling climate change, international aid agency Oxfam Australia said today. Read full release »
Oxfam is urging Prime Minister Julia Gillard to stay true to her words at CHOGM and take action to support the world’s poorest citizens at the G20 in Cannes today (3&4 Nov). Read full release »
As Australians gathered at barbecues, sporting grounds, or in front of television screens across the country for Grand Final weekend, half way across the globe, the latest round of UN climate negotiations got underway without fanfare in Panama. Read full release »
Oxfam Australia’s Director of Policy, James Ensor, is a delegate at the Tax Forum in Canberra, and available for interview on the Financial Transaction Tax (Robin Hood Tax), and an International Maritime Bunker Levee. Read full release »
Everywhere you go, climate change and the Government’s proposal to put a price on carbon pollution is being talked about. There is no doubting this is a significant issue for Australia and the world, however the conversation in Australia is laced with myths. Read full release »
Everywhere you go, climate change and the Government’s proposal to put a price on carbon pollution is being talked about. There is no doubting this is a significant issue for Australia and the world, however the conversation in Australia is laced with myths. Read full release »
Australians and people around the world are changing what they eat because of the rising cost of food, according to a new global survey released today by international aid agency Oxfam as part of its new campaign GROW. Read full release »
Retired High Court Judge and Monash alumnus, the Honourable Michael Kirby, is to launch a research and education collaboration between Monash University and Oxfam Australia that will deliver innovative solutions to issues facing people living in poverty. Read full release »
Cancun is an important chapter in the epic story to tackle global climate change. If countries view Cancun as they should – a turning point from which to build from – the end of the book could well be in sight. Read full release »
An agreement at the eleventh hour has moved the world closer to the global deal on climate change that eluded last year’s summit in Copenhagen, said international aid agency Oxfam Australia as the United Nations negotiations in Cancun, Mexico drew to a close. Read full release »
While in South Western Bangladesh last week, I watched as a woman named Shahana sat cross-legged on the ground with thirty members of her community noting down the many ways changing weather patterns were impacting their lives. Read full release »
The challenge of climate change is a global one. But it is poor people in developing countries who are suffering its impacts first and worst. And they simply cannot afford to wait any longer to receive the assistance that they so desperately need. Read full release »
Tianjin, China – Governments from around the world, including Australia, must design an effective fund that will help the world’s poor adapt to climate change, international aid agency Oxfam said today as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) conference begins in Tianjin, China. Read full release »
Climate change is the central poverty issue of our time. Oxfam is seeing the world's most vulnerable - who have contributed least to climate change - already suffering most from its effects, facing greater droughts, floods, hunger and disease. Read full release »
It's true that people in poor countries on our doorstep won't be voting for either Julia Gillard or Tony Abbott later this month. But Australians who care about doing the right thing will be. So it's no reason for either of the leaders to abandon all mention, during this election campaign, of meeting Australia's international obligations on climate change, or for not putting up policies that will genuinely reduce Australia's emissions to the degree that is required. Read full release »
Coalition costings submitted to Treasury yesterday show Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has broken his promise to match the Government’s commitments on overseas aid, Oxfam Australia said today. Read full release »