Supporting labour rights is— fundamentally—about supporting an end to global poverty. The Global Rights at Work project shows how education and skills building can help women and men in developing countries to secure better working conditions...and better lives.
93% of Australians support more investment in renewable energy at home and abroad - but can this translate into real action before it's too late?
Why don't we as citizens do more and demand action on climate change from our political leaders? Now, more than ever we must ensure that our government understands the importance of real action to save our climate.
Rising sea levels and more frequent king tides on the small Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu are causing coastal erosion and salinating the groundwater, making it hard for Islanders like Nui Loane to grow their traditional foods.
In the past ten months, a country that initially faced extreme poverty has dealt with a devastating earthquake, heavy rains and storms, and now a fast-spreading cholera epidemic. For outsiders, Haiti’s recovery seems frustratingly slow. For organizations working here, the question is where to start?
Our Climate Tracker Phil reports from the first day of the 2010 UN Climate Summit in Cancun, Mexico, with a sense of both optimism and frustration.
Since 2007 we've been working with the European Union and partners to help Palestinian olive farming co-operatives gain Fair Trade certification and maximise the economic potential of their crops.
Mary Robinson, Honorary President of Oxfam International outlines her reasons (and hopes) for attending the climate negotiations currently underway in Cancun, Mexico.
Dok Majok, a volunteer working in the WA Oxfam office, had a chance to tell his story of climate impacts in his home country of Sudan to the Member for Fremantle Melissa Parke, and the Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd.
We sat down with Australia's Ambassador for Climate Change, Louise Hand to ask her a set of questions regarding the 2010 UN Climate Summit in Cancun. What would you ask Louise?
