climate adaptation

Earth Day Summit must catalyze global climate action

21 April 2021

On the eve of the Earth Day Summit, Oxfam is calling for President Biden and world leaders attending the virtual summit to urgently ramp up ambition to tackle the climate crisis.
The International Climate Adaptation Summit needs to deliver for developing countries adapting to climate change

Blog by Nafkote Dabi

15 January 2021

People around the world have been adapting to change since time immemorial and continue to show strength and ingenuity, but there is a cost attached to it. While people living in poverty deploy the resources, traditional knowledge and skills that they have, much more is needed. Adaptation finance is needed to support vulnerable countries and poor communities to adapt to the climate crisis. Join us on the 21st of January 9-10AM CET to discuss the need for climate finance with speakers from Uganda, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
Coronavirus could increase hunger for over 40m in Southern Africa

4 June 2020

40 million people in Southern Africa are at risk of increased hunger and poverty due to the double threat of the coronavirus and consecutive climatic shocks, warned Oxfam today.
Join the community of #ClimateChangers

1 April 2020

The climate crisis is wrecking the lives of millions of people, and those who did the least to cause the problem are the worst affected. The global climate movement is fighting this injustice – and every one of us has a part to play. Join our global community of #ClimateChangers to help us tackle the biggest challenge humanity has ever faced.
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.
Poorest people get less than one cent per day to protect themselves from impacts of climate crisis

23 September 2019

Leaders must heed climate strikes and give vulnerable people the tools to survive.
Food, climate and natural resources

23 August 2019

Advancing the right of people living in poverty to sustainable livelihoods has been a cornerstone of Oxfam’s work for many decades. Our goal is to enable millions of women and communities to become more resilient to a changing climate, and to secure access to the land and natural resources on which they depend.
Hot and Hungry

25 March 2014

Hunger is not and need never be inevitable. However climate change threatens to put back the fight to eradicate it by decades – and our global food system is woefully unprepared to cope with the challenge.
Promoting local food security reserves in the Sahel

10 July 2013

Burkina Faso relies on subsistence agriculture to meet the basic needs of a large part of the population.
The Adaptation Challenge

15 November 2012

Climate change has serious implications for global food production and food security. This report uses data on current changes and future climate scenarios to examine possible impa