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A person from the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than someone in the bottom 50% produces all year

Since 1990, the richest 0.1% has increased their share of total emissions by 32%, whilst the poorest half of humanity have actually seen their share fall by 3%. In sub-Saharan Africa, the…

25 years on from UN pledge, local women’s rights organisations and peacebuilders get just 0.1% of aid as donors pour billions into arms

The same governments that pledged support in 2000 to the UN’s flagship resolution on “Women, Peace and Security” (WPS) have since spent 25 years paying it lip-service, according to a new Oxfam report…

Two thirds of climate funding for Global South is loans as rich countries profiteer from escalating climate crisis

Some key findings of the report: Rich countries claim to have mobilized $116 billion in climate finance 2022, but the true value is only around $28-35 billion, less than a third of the pledged…

Colonialism hijacks energy transition: 70% of minerals for renewables lies in Global South but the majority of profits are captured by the world’s richest

Although Global South countries hold roughly 70% of transition minerals reserves, the majority of the investments in renewable energy are concentrated in the Global North (46%) and China (29%) – with…

Rich countries meet only 4% of funds East Africa needs to address climate change - Oxfam

Over 63 million East Africans experienced severe hunger in 2024 and 40% lack access to safe drinking water. East African countries collectively contribute a tiny 0.09% of the global carbon…

Communiqué pour la ratification immédiate de la convention de l'Union Africaine sur l'élimination de la violence à l'égard des femmes et des filles

Chaque jour, des millions de filles et de femmes en Afrique subissent des violences physiques, sexuelles, psychologiques, économiques, numériques et institutionnelles ;Ces violences ne sont ni des…

Six months into Congo’s war, cholera is killing more than four people every day

Aid cuts and humanitarian deadlock are fuelling a full-blown public health disaster.In Sake and Minova, 500 people are sharing a single water tap. Six months since the renewed war in the…

Oxfam reaction to the communiqué of the third meeting of G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors under South African presidency

Reacting to the communique issued at the conclusion of 3rd G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors (FMCBG) meeting under the South African presidency, Nkateko Chauke, Interim Executive…

Africa’s four richest billionaires hold more wealth than half the continent - Oxfam

Africa’s richest four hold more wealth than half the continent - Oxfam

In 2000, Africa had no billionaires. Today it has 23 whose combined wealth has soared by 56% in just the past five years, reaching a staggering $112.6 billion. Africa’s richest 5% hold nearly $4…

Global survey finds 8 out of 10 people support taxing oil and gas corporations to pay for climate damages

Bonn, 19 June - A majority of people believe governments must tax oil, gas and coal corporations for climate-related loss and damage, and that their government is not doing enough to counter the…