The latest round of UN discussions trying to solve the massive issue of climate change ended today. Sadly, this year’s negotiations, in Warsaw, Poland, were something of a farce with a number of developed nations, including Australia, failing to take the talks seriously.
It’s a sad fact. Climate change will hit the world’s poorest the hardest. Due to a lack of progress and ambition at the Warsaw Climate conference, Oxfam has joined many other environmental and humanitarian groups to declare ‘enough is enough.’
“What are you doing with that 2 meter tall bottle of Pepsi?” asked the conductor at Sydney’s Central Station this morning. After Coca-Cola’s announcement that they are taking a zero tolerance approach to land grabs – we decided to deliver a message in a bottle to Pepsi-Co asking them to do the same. Oxfam research has […]
Robin Narciso, an Oxfam volunteer in Phnom Penh, shares his experiences at the Water, Food and Energy forum in Hanoi: "Perhaps more sadly, was the fact resettling communities seemed to be an inevitable action. Many discussed how to ensure that communities are properly compensated when relocated, not how to ensure that communities can choose whether to keep living on their native land or not."
By Robin Narciso, Oxfam Communications and Information Officer, Phnom Penh. One of the great things of the Third Mekong Forum on Water, Food and Energy, was a space called the ‘Knowledge Reservoir’, where all the organisations supported by Challenge Program Water and Food (CPWF) showcased their projects in interactive and creative ways. Here I have decided to […]
Talking about gender is never easy and it’s even harder when you’re talking about it in relation to hydropower infrastructure. As it is, hydropower can be a sensitive topic; once you add the gender nexus you have an explosive mix.
The Oxfam rapid assessment team flew into Samar, the first place to be hit by Typhoon Haiyan. Here are some photos of the scenes they saw, and the Oxfam team's preparation to respond.
There are still body bags beside the road, and as the clean up continues the bodies are still being discovered. There is so much to do, so it is important for Oxfam that we concentrate on what we do best, and what is needed at this early stage of the recovery.
It was heartening to see a further distribution of much needed aid in the Daanbantayan area yesterday and to have another opportunity to talk with people from the villages. People were very grateful for access to further hygiene kits and water containers so that water can be purified for drinking.
As we came closer to the area where the typhoon had made its impact, things began to change. There were trees uprooted, electricity poles tipping perilously at an angle, through front yards of small houses, sugar cane crops looking like untidy haircuts and coconut trees snapped off at the half way mark.
