Climate ‘fiscal cliff’ looms for developing countries if leaders come to Doha with no new money 25 November 2012 After another year of extreme weather, developing countries face a looming climate ‘fiscal cliff’ at the end of 2012. Yet new Oxfam research finds most climate finance pledges so far have been recycled funds or loans.
Governments sleep walking into 4 degrees warming 9 December 2011 As the climate talks in Durban enter the final day the emerging deal remains uncertain. But the catastrophic climate impacts the world faces if tough and ambitious decisions are not taken within the next 24 hours are crystal clear.
New proposal on shipping emissions offers breakthrough for Durban climate change talks 8 September 2011 A new report published today by Oxfam and WWF argues that a proposed deal to apply a carbon price to international shipping should be at the heart of the agreement at the UN climate change conference in Durban, South Africa, later this year.
Out of the Bunker 6 September 2011 At the most recent UN Climate Change Conference in Cancun, Mexico in December 2010, governments saved the global climate negotiations from collapse.
Righting two wrongs 6 October 2010 Climate change is already negatively affecting the lives and livelihoods of poor men and women.