Agreement in Cancun
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.
BLOGS
Bon Jovi, Perth & Oxfam
It's early December, and what better way to spend the time campaigning than pedaling our climate change messaging at a Bon Jovi concert?
Labour activists jailed in Vietnam
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.
Delivering your #tweetbottle messages
Yesterday, our team took your #tweetbottle climate messages directly to the COP16 climate negotiations currently underway in Cancun, Mexico.
Australia commits to flexibility in Cancun? Time will tell.
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?
Climate talks hanging in the balance
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.
Haiti cholera outbreak – video update
Julie Schindall, Oxfam's media officer in Haiti, discusses our public health work in response to the Cholera outbreak in Haiti.
Spreading the clean water message in PNG
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.
Yes we Can(cun)
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
Ursula’s message to Cancun
Our friends at Oxfam New Zealand talk to Ursula Rakova from the Carteret Islands shortly before she left for the climate talks in Cancun
