SYRIA CRISIS APPEAL

12 December 2010
After this week’s protests following the announcement of the results from the first round of the Presidential elections, Saturday and Sunday have been relatively calm. However, protests are...
8 December 2010
Oxfam response to the Finance section in the LCA text, which Ministers in Cancun are debating today: Oxfam's international climate change adviser Tim Gore said: "At last, women - who are among...
8 December 2010
Responding to the latest finance text that came out today, international climate change policy adviser Tim Gore said:   “The latest draft gives us hope that a Climate Fund can be agreed in...
3 December 2010
Responding to the World Meteorological Organization's announcement that there is a race going on between 2010, 2005 and 1998 to see which will be the hottest year since records began, Oxfam New...
1 December 2010
In response to the European Union’s report announced at Cancun on Fast Start Financing, Oxfam’s climate policy adviser Tracy Carty, said:“The EU’s report underlines how the adaptation gap must be...
30 November 2010
Reacting to Japan’s statement that it would not ratify a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, Tim Gore, Climate Advisor for Oxfam said:“Japan risks cutting one of the world’s lifelines in...
17 November 2010
Over the weekend Oxfam began chlorinating water for 300,000 people in a slum area of Cap Haitien. Recent violence spread across the city and Oxfam had to stop those activities. Other activities that...
17 November 2010
Claims today have surfaced that Europe will fall €200 million short of its previous pledge to raise €2.4bn to help poor countries cope with climate change in 2010, and by as much as €357 million over...
16 November 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE - International agency Oxfam has doubled its cholera response since the first cases were confirmed in October in Haiti. Oxfam's water, sanitation and hygiene education programs are now...
12 November 2010
About Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) and innovative financing for development   Luc Lampriere of Oxfam International said: “We are pleased that France, as the next G20 chair, has been mandated...