Search results

The failure to tackle climate change threatens all aspects of food security: availability, access, utilization, and stability.

This paper suggests a new approach that recognizes the failings of the current climate finance regime and is better informed by needs and opportunities at the national level.

Washington, DC— In reaction to World Bank President Jim Kim's announcement  of a new interim target of cutting global poverty to 9% by 2020, Oxfam spokesperson Raymond C.

"We’re concerned that too much of the focus is on the ‘insurance’ aspect; insurance doesn't actually reduce risk, and it could be unaffordable for the communities it's meant to cover," said Tracy Carty.

Ahead of the virtual G20 Summit tomorrow, Chema Vera, Oxfam International’s Interim Executive Director, urged G20 leaders to act boldly and across borders to save millions of lives.

"This report shows world leaders are still failing to address the climate crisis —our planet is currently on track for a catastrophic global temperature rise of 2.5°C. Scientists are clear: it’s now or never to limit global warming to 1.5°C. Climate change is causing suffering across the world, and it will continue to do so. People are already being pushed from their homes, and are facing hunger and drought, floods, and other climate-induced disasters.”

In response to economist Gabriel Zucman’s report on taxing the ultra rich submitted to G20, Oxfam International’s Tax Policy Lead Susana Ruiz said: “All G20 countries should support Brazil’s push to secure the first-ever global deal to tax the super-rich." 

In response to the conclusion of the Fourth Financing for Development Conference in Seville, Spain.

Today, the world produces enough to feed all seven billion of its inhabitants – but nearly a billion people still go without.

The people of Tajikistan, many already feeling the strains of climate change, will be increasingly afflicted over the next 40 years unless immediate action is taken to mitigate the e