
December 8, 2022
Dante Dalabajan and Ruth Mayne introduce a new Oxfam research report â produced by staff and partners from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, US and Europe. The paper investigates the implications of the clean energy transition for lower-income countries and communities and asks how the world can achieve a truly just, as well as fast, transition. As acknowledged at the recent
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Africaâs newest oil pipeline. When Two Elephants fight, the people get trampled
November 30, 2022
My former student Christopher Liberty got in touch and asked to post this piece. Debates about the East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) and the EU’s move to halt the project dominated headlines in the lead-up to COP 27. Most discussions have focused on the future macroeconomic and environmental effects of the project, in addition to the EU’s meddling in
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Loss and Damage fund established at COP27: what happens next?
November 29, 2022
Saleemul Huq, one of the most persistent long-term advocates of a âloss and damageâ fund on climate change, explores the origins and potential of the breakthrough at the recent COP. For thirty years the vulnerable developing countries led by the small island states had been demanding under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) the creation of a fund
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Aid v Global Public Goods; the fear in the system and multi-dimensional poverty: A conversation with Norwayâs Development Agency
November 11, 2022
Spent a fascinating hour this week shooting the breeze with Nikolai Hegertun and Petter SkjĂŠveland from Norad, the Norwegian aid agency. Theyâd got in touch to discuss some of the obstacles and challenges they face, look for ideas from elsewhere that might work for them etc etc â I love this kind of conversation. Some highlights: Aid v Global Public
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Words v Deeds: Rishi Sunak at the Egypt Climate Summit
November 9, 2022
Oxfam GB’s Danny Sriskandarajah  assesses words v deeds in Rishi Sunakâs performance on the climate crisis After initially dithering on whether to attend the COP27 climate summit this week, Prime Minister Sunak seems to have packed his Climate Superhero costume for his trip to Sharm-El-Sheikh. His speech was not short of promises – to turn the UK into a âclean energy
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5 ways to build more inclusive cities
September 13, 2022
Nicola Nixon (right) and Tamara Failor (centre) from The Asia Foundation and Rebecca Calder (left), from Kore Global, introduce some ideas for making cities more inclusive in Southeast Asia. In the shadow of Covid-19, rapid urbanization is exacerbating existing inequalities and creating new ones that dramatically reduce the quality of life of people who are marginalized. Three examples: Persons with
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Summer Student blog and campaign: Protecting the protectors
August 16, 2022
Next up on this series of posts from my indomitable LSE students, Ximena Altamirano. Here’s the full campaign strategy on which this post was based. The world is going through a climate crisis; temperatures are rising, icecaps melting and forests depleting â that is not exactly news. While we are all doing our part in protecting the planet, Latin American
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Who are âweâ? Seeking African solutions to crises and funding gaps
August 2, 2022
Guest post by Eyokia Donna Juliet At the recent AU Humanitarian Summit, finding African solutions to African problems was an important theme. What will it take to walk the talk? In Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia now, itâs likely that a person is dying of hunger every 48 seconds. How many years of neglect, denial, and short-sighted decisions by policy makers
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Africa is so rich in farmland â so why is it still hungry?
July 13, 2022
Guest post from Oxfamâs Anthony Kamande and Dailes Judge, ahead of this weekâs African Union meeting Itâs been more than two months since it rained in Nakuru County, Kenya, and Janeâs bean crop is long gone. Her only hope on her small plot of 0.8 hectares is the maize crop â but it will also be gone if it doesnât
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Why mothers are taking the fight for climate action to Lloyd’s of London
May 26, 2022
Guest post by Exfamer Maya Mailer In torrential rain, I clutched my 3 year-old daughterâs little hand. I was outside Lloydâs of London, one of the worldâs biggest insurers of fossil fuels, with a group of parents, toddlers and a giant paper mache oil drum filled with dying flowers. It was almost Father’s Day 2021. We chanted and sang, and
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Get Ready! A fitness dance class inspired by the science of climate impacts
March 15, 2022
Guest post by Pablo Suarez, who seems to be willing to try almost anything to get the climate crisis message across. And who can blame him? What? A fitness dance video about an IPCC report, in a humanitarian website? Hereâs the story: A recent report, entitled Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability , offers rigorous and extremely concerning scientific
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Humanitarian insights from the latest IPCC report â via cartoons and cardboard theater
March 8, 2022
Guest post by the always-original Pablo Suarez The science of climate change impacts can be painfully confusing, and at times infuriatingly complex to communicate, especially for those of us who need to act and help based on what is known. Last week the IPCC released âClimate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerabilityâ, a full report with over 3,000 pages of
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