I just witnessed a sign of great hope at the climate talks in Cancun. Today new drafts of the new climate agreement were released. Initial responses have been mostly positive and it appears that there has been significant compromise from many countries.
Oxfam New Zealand Executive Director Barry Coates writes from the United Nations climate conference in Cancun, Mexico, where the contrast to the last hours of Copenhagen could not be more stark.
It's early December, and what better way to spend the time campaigning than pedaling our climate change messaging at a Bon Jovi concert?
Last month three Vietnamese labor activists were jailed for up to 9 years after initiating strikes for better pay. Despite a difficult climate for industrial action, many Vietnamese workers have been active in advocating for improved pay and conditions.
Yesterday, our team took your #tweetbottle climate messages directly to the COP16 climate negotiations currently underway in Cancun, Mexico.
Today, I had the opportunity to attend a brief press conference with Mark Dreyfus, the Australian Parliamentary Secretary for Climate Change and Energy Efficiency. I asked him how Australia is being flexible and constructive in Cancun. Are we being a leader and contributing the strong outcome that the world needs?
Balance is the key word at the climate negotiations in Cancun. It is on the lips of negotiators from all around the world, including Australia’s own climate change Minister, Greg Combet. The world needs more than incremental movement, and a safe climate future is hanging in the balance.
Julie Schindall, Oxfam's media officer in Haiti, discusses our public health work in response to the Cholera outbreak in Haiti.
In this short video, I talk to Krissy Nicholson, Oxfam's Hygiene Promotion Coordinator, about our network of communty health promters in Papua New Guinea (PNG). These volunteers are helping Oxfam to spread the message about clean water and hygiene throughout their communities.
UK Climate Tracker Anna Collins reports on a big win for the youth of the world, with the passing of Article 6 (formal and non formal education, awareness raising and public participation) at the Cancun climate talks
