Food and Climate Justice 5 June 2014 Wild weather and unpredictable seasons are changing what farmers can grow and is making people hungry.
Help Yourself! 4 June 2014 Help Yourself! provides the second year results of a four-year study on how food price volatility affects everyday life and uncovers grassroots realities related to the right to food.
G7 and Europe face energy wake-up call as food and fuel crisis looms 2 June 2014 Russia’s absence from the G7 summit is a stark warning to Europe that political turmoil on its doorstep risks an energy price crisis, at the same time as the effects of climate change on food imports could drive up costs.
Risky jobs and domestic violence - new report reveals ‘hidden’ social costs of today’s high food prices 22 May 2013 A new era of high and volatile food prices is causing life-changing shifts in society, according to Oxfam and the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in a joint report published today.
IMF-World Bank 2012 annual meeting: Opening Remarks 11 October 2012 Oxfam spokesperson Elizabeth Stuart said: IMF – Christine Lagarde
Bold action needed now from G20 agricultural ministers to tackle causes of food price volatility 21 June 2011 The G20 must scrap their most damaging biofuel policies and demand more open information about food stocks as part of urgent measures needed to tackle global food price volatility.
G20 chancellors: bankers’ tax and looming food crisis must be resolved on your watch 15 February 2011 The world’s leading economies must act now to stop the price of basic foods from surging further out of the reach of poor people. They must also commit to a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) to help millions of people hit by the economic crisis and climate change.
Oxfam: global food crisis will worsen - 1bn hungry people need help now 26 January 2009 Urgent action is needed to prevent hundreds of millions more people slipping into hunger as a result of volatile food prices and increasing energy and water scarcity. Decades of underinvestment in agriculture coupled with the increasing threat of climate change mean the situation could get worse.