Category: Food & climate change
Climate change is one of the biggest threats to ending global hunger. That’s why Oxfam and millions of people around the world are hungry for a fair climate.
Bangladesh climate hearing: the people speak out for justice
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On November 8, 2010 Oxfam supported local partners to bring together communities from all over Bangladesh, along with climate and legal experts, to look at the impacts of climate change, with a focus on the coastal fishers’ community in the Bay of Bengal. Read more »
Funding safe climate futures for all
In less than a month the major United Nations climate change conference of 2010 will commence in Cancun, Mexico. Many eyes will be on the negotiations as governments from around the world try to find common ground on key issues to keep the negotiations moving forward. Read more »
The faces of climate change: Vietnam
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Should rich high greenhouse gas polluting countries provide funding, above their existing aid budgets, to assist poor communities adapt to climate change? With the support of local development organisations and the government, the people of Bac Ai in Vietnam have invested in new ways to manage their access to water, and are planting different crops which can survive with less rain and are more resilient to changing weather patterns. Read more »
The faces of climate change: Henry
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Henry has a long history with Clayton, South Australia – he and his wife were the first residents there. Over the past few decades they have watched the town grow up around them, but at the same time they have witnessed the effects as the mouth of the Murray River has gradually dried up. Read more »
The faces of climate change: Martina
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In north-eastern Uganda where Martina Longom lives, the weather has never been perfectly predictable, but in the last few years it has become increasingly unreliable. As impacts from climate change worsen, Martina and her community are finding new and innovative ways to cope and build their resilience. Read more »
Countries at threat from climate change
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A new study has been published today, showing those countries most at risk from the effects of climate change. Read more »
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. Read more »
Wave of action
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This week thousands of people will take action on climate change. Make sure you join in…. Read more »
The faces of climate change: Ursula
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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. Read more »
Stocktaking progress on a global climate agreement
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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. Read more »
