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ActionAid respond to news loss and damage funding is firmly on COP27 agenda
Commenting on news that loss and damage funding has been added to COP27 agenda, as climate negotiations begin in Egypt, Teresa Anderson, Global Lead for Climate Justice at ActionAid, said: “As climate
How action on climate justice can be delivered at COP27
Ahead of the COP27 climate talks, ActionAid is setting out five climate justice benchmarks to build trust and deliver the action needed to address the Loss and Damage and Climate Justice.
Lack of loss and damage funding for climate disasters will damage women and girls’ rights for years to come, new report by ActionAid reveals
A new report by human rights charity ActionAid has revealed the long-term extent of climate disasters on women and girls as vulnerable countries with no access to loss and damage funding are pushed
Tropical Storm Nalgae hits the Philippines
Tropical storm Nalgae has hit the Philippines over the weekend, causing loss of life, livelihoods, and homes. The climate crisis has increased both the intensity and frequency of storms.
ActionAid calls for a feminist response to corporate abuse as new report exposes persecution and mistreatment of women in four communities
• A new report from ActionAid reveals shocking corporate abuse of women from communities in Uganda, Zimbabwe, Kenya, and Guatemala.
• The report, released ahead of the 8th session of negotiations of
“The climate crisis is growing, and here in Bangladesh we feel its ferocity”
ActionAid is highly concerned about cyclone Sitrang, which is very likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm as it gathers pace over the Bay of Bengal.
The storm is now approaching land and it
EU Parliament increases pressure on COP27 “to take responsibility and act with compassion in the face of the climate crisis”
ActionAid response to the European Parliament Resolution on COP27.
Climate crisis to blame for high rates of cholera, says ActionAid
After years of declining cholera cases, ActionAid has become increasingly concerned about the ‘worrying upsurge’ of deadly outbreaks which have emerged across the world over the past year – including
Millions of dollars set to be invested in developing an anti-racist public education system in Brazil
Today, it has been announced that 10 million dollars will be invested in a project aimed to transform systems and institutions that uphold racial inequities.
The W.K. Kellogg Foundation selected the
New report exposes the extent of IMF’s ‘pink washing’
New report exposes the extent of IMF’s ‘pink washing’ and the devastating impact this is having on gender equality globally
