Category: Food & climate change
Climate change is one of the biggest threats to ending global hunger. That’s why Oxfam and millions of people around the world are hungry for a fair climate.
![A section of the sea wall built by Martin Hau - Solomon Islands.
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A section of the sea wall built by Martin Hau - Solomon Islands.](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/RS349294_Martins-Story-scr.jpg)
Who’s responsible for the climate crisis? Carbon Billionaires.
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Who’s responsible for the climate crisis? If you were asked that question, what would you say? It may make sense to say ‘everyone’. We all have a part to play in minimising our carbon footprint. But in an unequal world, some are more responsible for the climate crisis than others. Oxfam’s latest report ‘Carbon Billionaires: […] Read more »
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Hunger in a heating world
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A year and a half since the pandemic began, deaths from hunger are outpacing
the virus. Ongoing conflict, combined with the economic disruptions of the
pandemic and an escalating climate crisis, has deepened poverty and
catastrophic food insecurity in the world’s hunger hotspots and established
strongholds in new epicentres of hunger. Read more »
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Yemen: Cash transfers in Aslam district supporting drought-hit families
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Find out how Oxfam is helping families affected by the drought in Yemen through cash transfer payments. Read more »
![Firoza helped women and children of Golakhali to cross the river while taking shelter during cyclone Bulbul. Ramzannagar, Sathkhira. A woman rows a boat over a swelling river](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/RS116648_120297_a7054308d8ad8d2-scr.jpg)
Even the scales: Everyone deserves a fair go in the fight against the climate crisis
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The climate crisis hurts those who are least responsible for causing it and who are also least equipped to protect themselves from it. In short, vulnerable communities at the forefront of the crisis are reeling to survive a nightmare they didn’t create. Small island nations, such as the Solomon Islands and Fiji, account for 0.5% of […] Read more »
![Lilisiana, Malaita Province, Solomon Islands: Grace Namoi (19), a student at the local high school, walks through water left in the town square after a high tide. Grace worries about the future of her town with the visible impacts of a changing climate.](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/RS311326_2021_Oxfam_SolomonIslands_Climate_LilisianaGrace-13-scr.jpg)
Loss and damage finance: where the rubber hits the road for climate justice
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Extreme weather events and increasing humanitarian need Continued inaction has created a climate crisis with more extreme weather events happening more frequently. These events disproportionately affect communities already facing crises related to conflict, food insecurity, and the economic shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic. Even worse inadequate loss and damage finance from rich countries, who are […] Read more »
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Climate justice is about more than emissions reductions
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Funding required to support low-income countries to mitigate and adapt to climate change, also known as climate finance, as well as funding to compensate for its irreversible consequences, known as loss and damage funding, is more important than ever. Read more »
![Oxfam in Ghana: Helping people change their lives, their communities and their nation. Photo: Nana Kofi, Oxfam OGB](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/earth-day-blogfull-image.jpg)
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Beyond Covid-19: could we create a more sustainable world?
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What will the world’s response to the COVID-19 crisis mean for the two defining and interconnected challenges of our age: climate change and global inequality? Read more »
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Australia is learning firsthand what our neighbours have suffered for years
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The bushfires have shown us what climate change looks like. A reality millions are facing today all over the world. We reflect on the crisis and what we can do today. Read more »
![Oxfam at COP25 supporting bold and immediate action on climate change. Photo: Pablo Tosco/Oxfam Intermón Oxfam at COP25 supporting action on climate change](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/petitionhandoverLR.jpg)
Madness in Madrid: What did the latest round of UN climate negotiations deliver?
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Is the UN conference on climate change doing its job? Our climate experts reflect on the discussions, lack of outcomes and hope for the future. Read more »
![Melbourne, Australia: Oxfam staff, including Sarah Rogan and Ula Majewski, participate in the schools climate strike at Treasury Gardens. The crowds were estimated between 100,000-150,000 people and labelled as Melbourne's biggest ever rally. Photo: Keith Parsons/Oxfam Australia Oxfam staff protesting in Melbourne with big smiles and colourful signs.](https://www.oxfam.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/RS98351_2019_Melbourne_ClimateStrike_KeithParsons-7-scr.jpg)
Our 10 favourite #ClimateStrike protest signs
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From clever and hopeful, to the funny and angry, our favourite signs from the #ClimateStrike Read more »