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A new study by the IFEU institute quantifies for the first time the enormous opportunity costs across Europe of dedicating millions of hectares of fertile cropland to the production of biofuels. The results are clear - this land could be used much better in the interest of mitigating climate change, stemming biodiversity loss or increasing global food security. In 2009, the European Union (EU) introduced a biofuels mandate as part of its green fuels law, the ʻRenewable Energy Directiveʼ (RED). The proposition at the time was attractive: farmers would…

We are living through an unprecedented moment of multiple crises. Tens of millions more people are facing hunger. Hundreds of millions more face impossible rises in the cost of basic goods or heating their homes.

A touring exhibition by Oxfam and Amnesty International promoting solidarity with refugees and other migrants has received a prestigious European Excellence Award in Brussels today. The “Museum without a Home”, which showcases items donated by Greeks to migrants, was awarded the best European NGO campaign in 2016.

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.

Poor-quality, or “substandard”, medicines threaten patients and public health in developing countries.

At today’s EU summit, European leaders collectively pledged to raise their financial contribution to help respond to the Ebola crisis, bringing Europe’s total commitment to €1 billion.

In answer to the World Bank additional $100 million pledge for health workers in Ebola stricken countries, Nicolas Mombrial, Head of the Oxfam International office in Washington D.C says:"We applaud President Kim's leadership in committing further funding from the World Bank Group to support countries affected by Ebola. The deployment of health workers it will support is critically necessary. We…

EU finance ministers failed to agree on a ‘digital services tax’ that would ensure big tech companies pay a minimum level of tax at a meeting today in Brussels. Instead, France and Germany have presented a watered-down new proposal to only tax online advertisements.

EU Finance Ministers have dropped five of the world’s worst tax havens from the EU 'black' and 'grey' list of tax havens published today.

The EU's plans for 'controlled centers' for refugees and other migrants on European soil, as well as their proposed disembarkation arrangements in countries outside the EU for migrants rescued in the Mediterranean, are a recipe for failure.