carbon emissions

Confronting carbon inequality

21 September 2020

This briefing describes new research that shows how extreme carbon inequality in recent decades has brought the world to the climate brink. It sets out how governments must use this historic juncture to build fairer economies within the limits our planet can bear.
Forced from home: climate-fuelled displacement

2 December 2019

Climate-fuelled disasters were the number one driver of internal displacement over the last decade – forcing an estimated 20 million people a year from their homes. While no one is immune, it is overwhelmingly poor countries that are most at risk.
IPCC Report on Land and Climate

7 August 2019
Rising temperatures will push millions of people into poverty unless governments take swift action

8 October 2018

“Climate change has set our planet on fire, millions are already feeling the impacts, and the IPCC just showed that things can get much worse," said Raijeli Nicole, regional director for Oxfam in the Pacific.
Agreed climate deal offers a frayed life-line for the world’s poorest people

12 December 2015

Oxfam said it is vital that governments return to the negotiating table before the new agreement takes effect from 2020 to strengthen pledges of emissions cuts and agree to new finance levels.
World’s richest 10% produce half of carbon emissions while poorest 3.5 billion account for just a tenth

2 December 2015

The poorest half of the world’s population - 3.5 billion people - is responsible for just 10 percent of carbon emissions, despite being the most threatened by the catastrophic storms, droughts, and other severe weather shocks linked to climate change.
Fair Shares: A civil society equity review of INDCs

19 October 2015

This report is an independent review assessing the commitments that have been proposed ahead of COP21, this December in Paris. It shows that there is still a big gap between these proposals and what it will take to avoid catastrophic climate change and presents recommendations on how this could be changed.
Oxfam welcomes China’s INDC announcement in the fight against climate change

30 June 2015
UN climate talks avoid crunch issues, political direction needed

11 June 2015

Negotiators avoided a show-down over crunch issues like finance and increasing near term emissions cuts, but they are only delaying the inevitable. A clearer mandate from Heads of State and ministers is needed to ignite the talks and ensure key questions are answered.
Oxfam reaction to Ethiopia's Intended Nationally Determined Contribution to the UNFCCC

10 June 2015

Oxfam welcomes the ambitious Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) from Ethiopia, as it sets far-reaching short-term and long-term goals on adaptation and reducing emissions.