Wouldn't you want enough take home pay to allow you to look after your family and afford the basic necessitiesis of life? This was the simple demand made by more than 68,000 Cambodian workers who went on a weeklong strike to demand a living wage.
Oxfam's NSW/ACT Campaigner Debbie Hunt reflects on the reality we face due to climate change impacts, as well as the arguments put forward by the skeptics.
Launching the 10-10-10 global week of action on climate change, ten humanitarian and environmental groups in Western Australia combined forces this past weekend and called on the Australian Government to take the plunge and go below 350.
While politicians are making infuriatingly slow progress in moving towards the fair, ambitious and binding climate deal we need, people around the world are ramping up demand for action and getting to work themselves.
The UN climate talks in Tianjin are coming to an end. This was the last negotiation before the high-level UN climate change summit in Cancun, Mexico, this December. So far the talks have been mixed with only marginal progress. We face several flashpoints as we head rapidly down the road to Cancun.
For the first time ever the UN climate negotiations are being held in China, in the city of Tianjin, before the major climate summit in Cancun in December. Talking with Australia’s head of delegation in China, our climate tracker Phil Ireland had the opportunity to get a handle on Australia’s negotiating position.
This weekend is the conclusion of the Pchum Ben festival, a 15-day period of reflection, paying respect to your ancestors and giving offerings to monks.
This week we scrutinised the two most pressing ticking time bombs in human history, heard from a girl who spent seven months in Woomera and got up close and personal with Hugh Jackman.
Climate change is impacting the world’s poorest communities now. Working with Oxfam partners from around the world we’ve created a new project called Sow the Seed – it’s simple, it’s fun, and we hope it has the power to bring about real change.
The latest round of United Nations climate talks in China this week are crucial to ensure a practical outcome in the much-anticipated December talks in Cancun, reports Phil Ireland from Tianjin.
