BLOGS

Step into her trainers!

Did you know that in 2008 the CEO of Nike, Mark G. Parker earned more than 7 million US dollars? It is estimated it would take an Indonesian worker producing for Nike more than 6,000 years to earn this amount.

Countries at threat from climate change

A new study has been published today, showing those countries most at risk from the effects of climate change.

Cholera outbreak in Haiti: Oxfam responds

Still recovering from a devastating 7.0 earthquake in January, impoverished Haiti is now dealing with an outbreak of the deadly, water-borne disease cholera. The fast-moving bacterial disease has killed 208 people so far and infected another 2,649 – mostly in rural areas of the Artibonite region, north of Port-au-Prince.

ONE's Living Proof campaign

Newly launched, the ONE campaign in the US are running a new project called Living Proof, which aims to tell the real story of incredible progress being achieved by some of the world's poorest people.

Does inequality lead to inactivity?

The latest UN Climate Change Conference in Tianjin has fallen short of expectations, as did the COP-15 in 2009. And as will future negotiations based on the current hesitation of the world’s leaders, if we don’t act now as a global community to inspire ambitious and fair change.

Wave of action

This week thousands of people will take action on climate change. Make sure you join in....

3things on weddings, muppets & street art

What 3things did you learn this week?

The faces of climate change: Ursula

Australia has particular responsibility to both reduce its own emissions but also support Pacific Island communities to adapt to the impacts of climate change they’re now facing. Watch the first in our series of The Faces of Climate Change - Ursula Rakova from the Carteret Islands.

Oxfam responds to Typhoon Megi in northern Philippines

The northern Philippines was battered by Typhoon Megi earlier this week, with 11 deaths and 16 injuries reported so far from the storm. Oxfam is on the ground assessing the emergency needs of those affected.

Stocktaking progress on a global climate agreement

The climate negotiations came to a close last week in China and the closing plenary of the talks was not without drama. Delayed for over an hour, head negotiators huddled around the hall desperately seeking common ground, reports Phillip Ireland.