Amitabh Behar

Richest 1% emit as much planet-heating pollution as two-thirds of humanity

20 November 2023

The richest 1 percent of the world’s population produced as much carbon pollution in 2019 than the five billion people who made up the poorest two-thirds of humanity, reveals a new Oxfam report today. It comes ahead of the UN climate summit in Dubai, amid growing fears that the 1.5°C target for curtailing rising temperatures appears increasingly unachievable.
For every $1 the IMF encouraged a set of poor countries to spend on public goods, it has told them to cut four times more through austerity measures

13 April 2023

An important International Monetary Fund (IMF) initiative to shore up poor people in the Global South from the worst effects of its own austerity measures and the global economic crisis is in tatters.
Amitabh Behar appointed as interim Executive Director of Oxfam International

21 March 2023

Oxfam International is pleased to announce the appointment of Amitabh Behar as its new interim Executive Director. Behar is currently Executive Director for Oxfam India. He will assume the role for approximately 12 months, starting on 1 May 2023.