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Shell appeal shows oil giant puts profits before people and planet
Shell’s decision to appeal against the ruling of a Dutch court that it must cut its emissions in line with global climate goals, shows the fossil fuel giant ‘prioritising its bottom line over people
ActionAid responds to new UN numbers showing rising global hunger
As UN agencies today release new figures showing how the Covid-19 pandemic is driving rising levels of hunger globally, ActionAid is calling for small-scale food producers to be central to developing
Game of two halves – football finals offer ray of hope in Europe while Uganda turns stadium into Covid-19 hospital
Number of Ugandans fully vaccinated equivalent to less than 5% of Wembley stadium capacity.
ActionAid responds to humanitarian and hunger crisis in Southern Tigray
Women are leading ActionAid’s emergency response in Ethiopia’s Tigray region where communities are facing severe food shortages, conflict and widespread violence against women and girls.
ActionAid calls on members of the UN Human Rights Council to back inquiry into rights abuses in Palestine
Ahead of a special session of the United Nations Human Rights Council (Friday, 9 July), ActionAid is calling on all 47 members of the council to back an independent investigation into violations of
ActionAid stands in solidarity with the people of Haiti
ActionAid International responds to the assassination of Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse
ActionAid warns the green energy transition could fuel human rights abuses
As the growing popularity of electric vehicles sparks an increased demand for battery-related minerals, new research by ActionAid exposes the harmful impact of manganese mining on communities in South
G7 Summit: Global South needs more than empty rhetoric on climate finance
As G7 leaders today reaffirmed their previous commitment of $100 billion a year in climate finance, ActionAid is calling on the world's richest countries to make specific pledges of grants, not loans
Leading Astronauts make a call to Earth ahead of the G7 summit - urging international cooperation for the sake of people and planet
Leading Astronauts from the USA, Japan and South Korea have joined forces in a new short film targeting G7 leaders, who meet this weekend in Cornwall, UK.
Their new film, titled “Call to Earth: G7”
G7: Pledges to education fund welcome, but must be matched with action on debt, tax and austerity
As the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledges £430 million to improve education in the world’s poorest countries, ActionAid International welcomes new funding for the Global Partnership for Education
