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Three facts why women are affected more severely by climate change.

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Seven questions – and answers! – on Climate Change & Copenhagen

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Jean Vierre Herve doing a disaster response training exercise to learn how to save lives in a flood. Credit: Abbie Trayler-Smith/Oxfam

The people of Haiti, having survived political turmoil, food insecurity and four hurricanes last year, could be pushed over the brink if world leaders do not act at the UN climate talks next month.

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Oxfam praised today’s announcement that President Obama will attend the United Nations conference on climate change in Copenhagen next month.

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Model and photographer Helena Christensen recently returned to Peru to document the dramatic effects that climate change is having on people today. Here are the pictures.

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Cracks in the land due to dlimate change in the drought-prone district of Badin, Sind province. Credit: Sarfaraz Ahmad / Hunderkada / Oxfam GB

Recent attempts by rich countries to postpone a binding climate agreement hit the rocks at a meeting of Environment Ministers in Copenhagen today, as vulnerable developing countries made clear that delay was not an option.

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Local farmers try to plant through the ongoing drought. Credit: James Akena/Oxfam

Environment Ministers from 45 countries will be gathering on 16 and 17 November to map out what the climate deal will look like. The meeting is an opportunity for rich countries to get the Climate Summit off on the right track and show poor countries that there is still a deal worth fighting for.

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Two piles of rice illustrating the effect of the 2008 food crisis in Cambodia. A small pile shows how your money buys after, a larger pile how much it would buy before the crisis. Credit: Abbie Trayler-Smith/Oxfam

Monday’s UN World Food Summit in Rome (16-18th) could be a waste of time and money unless world leaders intervene now to salvage it. International agencies ActionAid and Oxfam say governments are at risk of throwing away a great chance to stop more than one billion people going hungry.

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