This is a serious threat to people in rich countries. But for people in poor countries with limited resources to cope, it’s an utter disaster – and it’s a disaster that’s already beginning to unfold.
Why is Oxfam campaigning on climate change?Poverty will deepen unless we tackle climate change – immediately. How we're doing itOxfam has launched a major campaign calling on world leaders to stop climate change in its tracks. More news14 April 2008This week’s meeting of the world’s biggest carbon emitters in Paris must set out constructive proposals that will advance UN negotiations
under the Bali Roadmap, international organization Oxfam said today. Oxfam is urging the rich countries among the major emitters to commit to deeper mandatory emissions cuts. They must also set aside substantial financial and technological resources to help poor countries adapt to the impacts of climate change.
10 April 2008Governments and donors can save lives and money by reducing risks – Political inaction, poor decisions and bad management have helped to turn South Asia into the world’s most disaster-prone region, says Oxfam International in a study released today. Although nature traditionally gets the blame, it is human failure that turns a natural shock such as a cyclone into a humanitarian disaster, says the aid agency in its report, Rethinking Disasters.
08 April 2008As the Bretton Woods Institutions meet this week for the Spring Meetings, Oxfam calls on them and governments to keep poverty top of the agenda. At a time when the global economy is facing a crisis, Oxfam said the emphasis on the rich world must not eclipse action in developing countries where rapidly rising food prices, increased flooding and droughts due to climate change are wreaking havoc.
15 December 2007Statements by Antonio Hill, senior climate change policy advisor, the international development agency Oxfam:
"Bali has for the first time drawn up a roadmap for all countries to tackle climate change. But a handful of powerful countries have relegated the overwhelming scientific evidence to a footnote. The Bush Administration — dragging Canada, Japan and Russia in tow — has thrown away the compass and is trying to force us all to take the journey in a gas-guzzling 4x4, not the solar-powered speedster that the world urgently needs."
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Article from Oxfam International:
http://www.oxfam.org/en/programs/campaigns/climate_change/index.htm
Published:
30
November
2007
