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The 4th International Financing for Development Conference (FfD4)2 must address the extreme inequality crisis that threatens people and the planet. The richest one percent has the same wealth as 95% of humanity3 while global decision-making processes keep reproducing colonial patterns of power relations that leave billions behind and block progressive multilateral reform. Inequality occurs on two fronts, national and global. The gap between the richest and the rest at the national level is very high or rising in most countries. Simultaneously the gap between the richest countries and the Global South rose sharply due to COVID-19 and the subsequent economic and debt crises, remaining unacceptably high. 

If left unchecked, austerity policies could put between 15 and 25 million more Europeans at risk of poverty by 2025, bringing the number of people at risk of poverty in Europe up to 146 million.

The 2025 Global Report on Food Crises says that 295 million people around the world are now experiencing acute hunger.

This briefing paper examines the interconnected water and food crises in Eastern and Southern Africa, focusing on eight of the continent’s most water-insecure countries.

Rich nations today published a Climate Finance Delivery Plan claiming that it will take until 2023 to meet their commitment to mobilize $100 billion each year to support poorer nations to confront the climate crisis. In response, Jan Kowalzig, Senior Climate Policy Adviser at Oxfam said: “This plan claims that rich nations will meet their target three years late, but conveniently fails to mention the money that poorer countries are owed for every year they fell short."

Thirty years on from the commitments enshrined in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, this briefing reveals a picture of broken promises and unfulfilled ambition by States.

As countries in the Middle East and North Africa prepare to submit updated Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) by September 2025 ahead of COP30, Oxfam’s latest policy paper highlights the urgent need for inclusive, transparent, and rights-based climate planning. NDCs are national climate plans under the Paris Agreement and are key to limiting global warming to 1.5°C.This paper assesses the state of NDC 3.0 preparation in the region, with a focus on Jordan and Lebanon. It finds that while some steps have been taken to involve civil society, participation remains…

Massive displacement and cross-border fighting are spilling over neighbouring countries, worsening the already catastrophic crisis.

The Group of Seven (G7) countries are set to slash their aid spending by 28 percent for 2026 compared to 2024 levels.

A risk of famine is “increasingly likely” if intense hostilities and restricted humanitarian access persist or worsen.