Lewis, Astrid Nilsson

Oxfam’s report Disaster Divide demonstrates how climate disasters are not experienced equally and impact poorer people the most. With each flood, fire and drought, they become more exposed and vulnerable and less able to recover and rebuild their lives. In short, inequality turns extreme weather events into climate disasters, while climate disasters drive up inequality, […]

Ahead of the major international climate conference COP30 in Belem, Brazil, new Oxfam research finds that the high-carbon lifestyles of the super-rich are blowing through the world’s remaining carbon budget - the amount of CO2 that can be emitted while avoiding climate disaster. The research also details how billionaires are using their political and economic influence to keep […]