At this year's G20 Summit in Cannes, France, many important initiatives were swept off the table as world leaders grappled with the European financial crisis - but the strongest survived. Most notably, there was positive momentum for a Robin Hood Tax as a tool to finance development, and recognition that innovative sources of finance are needed to fight climate change in poor countries, laying the foundation for a fair carbon charge for shipping.
Oxfam's Big Heads made an appearance the day before the 2012 G20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico.
Felipe Calderon, President of Mexico, outlines the agenda with obvious objectives to fulfill: to reduce poverty, ensure food security, and establish a Robin Hood Tax to finance development and climate change adaptation... But the only item that's been discussed is the Euro.
Photo: Victoria Marzilli/Oxfam
For more information, visitwww.oxfam.org
Oxfam's Big Heads made an appearance the day before the 2012 G20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico. At the stunt, Oxfam set up a"working dinner" of the leaders of G20 countries in which they are eating, drinking and chatting next to the beach. Alongside them, a large blackboard displays a check list with obvious objectives to fulfill: to reduce poverty, ensure food security, and establish a Robin Hood Tax to finance development and climate change adaptation... But the only item that's been discussed is the Euro.
Photo credit: Victoria Marzilli
For more information, visitwww.oxfam.org
Oxfam's Big Heads made an appearance the day before the 2012 G20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico. Here, Jorn Kalinsky of Oxfam Germany gives an interview to the press on why G20 leaders should focus on food security.
At the stunt, Oxfam set up a"working dinner" of the leaders of G20 countries in which they are eating, drinking and chatting next to the beach.
Alongside them, a large blackboard displays a check list with obvious objectives to fulfill: to reduce poverty, ensure food security, and establish a Robin Hood Tax to finance development and climate change adaptation... But the only item that's been discussed is the Euro.
Photo credit: Victoria Marzilli
For more information, visitwww.oxfam.org
Oxfam's Big Heads made an appearance the day before the 2012 G20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico. At the stunt, Oxfam set up a"working dinner" of the leaders of G20 countries in which they are eating, drinking and chatting next to the beach. Alongside them, a large blackboard displays a check list with obvious objectives to fulfill: to reduce poverty, ensure food security, and establish a Robin Hood Tax to finance development and climate change adaptation... But the only item that's been discussed is the Euro.
Photo: Victoria Marzilli/Oxfam
For more information, visitwww.oxfam.org
Oxfam's Big Heads made an appearance the day before the 2012 G20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico.
Photo credit: Victoria Marzilli
For more information, visitwww.oxfam.org
Oxfam's Big Heads made an appearance the day before the 2012 G20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico. At the stunt, Oxfam set up a"working dinner" of the leaders of G20 countries in which they are eating, drinking and chatting next to the beach. Alongside them, a large blackboard displays a check list with obvious objectives to fulfill: to reduce poverty, ensure food security, and establish a Robin Hood Tax to finance development and climate change adaptation... But the only item that's been discussed is the Euro.
Photo: Victoria Marzilli/Oxfam
For more information, visitwww.oxfam.org
Oxfam's Big Heads made an appearance the day before the 2012 G20 Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico. At the stunt, Oxfam set up a"working dinner" of the leaders of G20 countries in which they are eating, drinking and chatting next to the beach. Alongside them, a large poster displays a check list with obvious objectives to fulfill: to reduce poverty, ensure food security, and establish a Robin Hood Tax to finance development and climate change adaptation... But the only item that's been discussed is the Euro.
Photo credit: Victoria Marzilli
For more information, visitwww.oxfam.org
Demand that G20 leaders take action for inclusive and sustainable development. Bringing inequality levels down in Mexico& Brazil to G20 median could reduce the number of people in poverty by 90% in 10 years.
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Demand that G20 leaders take action for inclusive and sustainable development.
More than half of the 1.3 billion people who live on less than $1.25/day are in G20 countries.
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Demand that G20 leaders find new ways to finance development and climate resilience! For example, a Robin Hood Tax could raise up to $400 billion annually for development& climate change adaptation programs. Learn more atoxf.am/JxN
A boy holds up a tomato plant which is about to plant on his famiy's camellone.
Tonight, 1 in 7 people will go to bed hungry. G20 must act now to fix the broken food system.
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At the Revolution Monument in Mexico City, journalists and photographers gathered to witness Oxfam's stunt, calling on G20 leaders to take action on food security.
For more information, visitwww.oxfam.org
Photo Credit: Ivan Muñoz / Oxfam
Four days before the 2012 G20 Summit, Oxfam activists gather in front of the Revolution Monument in Mexico City to keep the pressure on G20 leaders. Oxfam is calling on the G20 to:
1. Address Food price volatility by taking action on speculation, biofuels and land, and increase food security through Emergency Food reserves.
2. Commit to reducing inequality through transformational essential services (health and education) financed through fairer tax systems, and by systematically measuring inequality.
3. Agree to mandatory country by country reporting on tax, and recommit to tackling tax havens.
4. Promote new sustainable sources of development finance, including a fair deal on carbon pricing of maritime transport. Call on Europe to implement an FTT/set of financial transaction taxes for climate financing and development.
Learn more atwww.oxfam.org
Photo credit: Victoria Marzilli / Oxfam
A farmer waters her crops. 500 million small scale farms support nearly 2 billion people worldwide. Oxfam is campaigning the G20 for invesment in small-scale agriculture as a way to feed our growing planet.
Learn more atoxf.am/JxN
Four days before the 2012 G20 Summit, Oxfam activists gather in front of the Revolution Monument in Mexico City to keep the pressure on G20 leaders. Oxfam is calling on the G20 to:
1. Address Food price volatility by taking action on speculation, biofuels and land, and increase food security through Emergency Food reserves.
2. Commit to reducing inequality through transformational essential services (health and education) financed through fairer tax systems, and by systematically measuring inequality.
3. Agree to mandatory country by country reporting on tax, and recommit to tackling tax havens.
4. Promote new sustainable sources of development finance, including a fair deal on carbon pricing of maritime transport. Call on Europe to implement an FTT/set of financial transaction taxes for climate financing and development.
Learn more atwww.oxfam.org
Photo credit: Victoria Marzilli / Oxfam
Four days before the 2012 G20 Summit, Oxfam activists gather in front of the Revolution Monument in Mexico City to keep the pressure on G20 leaders. Oxfam is calling on the G20 to:
1. Address Food price volatility by taking action on speculation, biofuels and land, and increase food security through Emergency Food reserves.
2. Commit to reducing inequality through transformational essential services (health and education) financed through fairer tax systems, and by systematically measuring inequality.
3. Agree to mandatory country by country reporting on tax, and recommit to tackling tax havens.
4. Promote new sustainable sources of development finance, including a fair deal on carbon pricing of maritime transport. Call on Europe to implement an FTT/set of financial transaction taxes for climate financing and development.
Learn more atwww.oxfam.org
Photo credit: Victoria Marzilli / Oxfam
Financial Transactions Tax stunt in Nice two days before the G20 Summit. More info on Oxfam at the 2011 G20 Summit here:www.oxfam.org/g20-cannes-2011
Photo by: Delphine Bedel
Financial Transactions Tax stunt in Nice two days before the G20 Summit. More info on Oxfam at the 2011 G20 Summit here:www.oxfam.org/g20-cannes-2011
Photo by: Delphine Bedel
Financial Transactions Tax stunt in Nice two days before the G20 Summit. More info on Oxfam at the 2011 G20 Summit here:www.oxfam.org/g20-cannes-2011
Photo by: Delphine Bedel/ Oxfam
Financial Transactions Tax stunt in Nice two days before the G20 Summit. More info on Oxfam at the 2011 G20 Summit here:www.oxfam.org/g20-cannes-2011
Photo by: Delphine Bedel