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Briefing paper

A European agenda to tax the super-rich: A solution to inequality in the European Union

09/10/2025

2 documents

53 pages long

Languages: English

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Europe faces a deep inequality crisis: the richest 1% in the EU own nearly a quarter of all wealth while half the population shares just 3%. Decades of tax cuts for the wealthy and corporations resulted in the super-rich paying proportionally less taxes than ordinary citizens, eroding fairness, democracy, and social cohesion. The EU lacks […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Gender in Emergencies: Practical tools for transformative action

07/10/2025

1 documents

159 pages long

Languages: English

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Building on the progress made, the Oxfam Action Guide is designed to help COs turn Oxfam’s Gender in Emergencies (GiE) Strategy and Standards into practical, context specific actions that make a real impact in crisis affected communities. Clear, concise, and easy to translate, the guide provides step-by-step instructions, practical tips, and key resources to support […]

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Briefing paper

Climate Finance Shadow Report 2025: Analysing progress on climate finance under the Paris Agreement

06/10/2025

1 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

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The Climate Finance Shadow Report presents analysis of North-South climate finance flows and assessing progress towards the $100 billion commitment to inform climate finance under the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG). Oxfam reported on the progress of this commitment in 2016, 2018 and 2020 and 2023. This year’s report, which is co-published by Oxfam and […]

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Discussion paper

Systems Change: Insights and reflections for development practitioners

29/09/2025

1 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper explores systems thinking and systems change from the perspective of people actively working on addressing root-causes of problems in their specific fields. Following a brief overview of the basic tenets of the systems approach, the paper outlines the distilled insights drawn from interviews with 18 systems thinkers from diverse fields and countries. Their […]

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Discussion paper

Towards Gender-Transformative Action on Super Pollutants

25/09/2025

1 documents

37 pages long

Languages: English

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The guidance document, Towards Gender-Transformative Action on Super Pollutants, produced in partnership with Oxfam America, identifies gender-differentiated impacts of super pollutants by sector – from gender-related exposure, vulnerability, resources, and decision-making capacity. It shows how women and marginalized groups are disproportionately affected by these pollutants, facing greater health risks, care burdens, and exclusion from decision-making, […]

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Briefing paper

Unjust Transition: Reclaiming the energy future from climate colonialism

24/09/2025

3 documents

76 pages long

Languages: English

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The global energy transition stands at a pivotal moment: it can either dismantle the inequalities driving the climate crisis or deepen them. Today, the transition risks reproducing patterns of extractivism and exploitation, with the most marginalized paying the highest price while elites profit. From transition mineral mining to debt burdens and unequal energy access, the […]

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Briefing paper

A Vision for a Just Scotland: How the Scottish Parliament can fight injustice and inequality while protecting people and planet

17/09/2025

1 documents

47 pages long

Languages: English

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This report outlines Oxfam Scotland's priorities for the Scottish Parliament in the run-up to and following the Scottish election in May 2026. It sets out 40 ambitious but achievable policy goals, using devolved powers, across four pillars of justice: Economic, Social, Climate and Global. Each pillar is vital to building a fairer Scotland in a fairer […]

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Guidelines and toolkits

Ethical Content Guidelines: Upholding the rights of the people in the pictures in content gathering, management and use

27/08/2025

1 documents

45 pages long

Languages: English

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These guidelines cover the gathering of content, the management of content, and the use of content by Oxfam for its public engagement work. The main purpose of these guidelines is to ensure that content is gathered, managed and used ethically, in ways that uphold contributors’ rights to participate and be heard, to experience respect and […]

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Research report

The Financing of Energy Transition in Senegal: Green promises, unequal gains?

18/08/2025

1 documents

68 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Senegal's energy transition is at a critical juncture. While the country has made significant progress in terms of access to electricity and the integration of renewable energies, its energy financing model remains heavily dependent on foreign private investment and favors the latter. This implies debt-based financing and risk mitigation mechanisms that protect investors while risking […]

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Briefing note

Changing Face of Aid in Africa: Outlook, failures, and reform potential

08/08/2025

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

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The year 2025 has been marked by deepening aid cuts by major donors. This briefing note examines the implications of these cuts on Africa’s development, highlighting long-standing failures in official development assistance (ODA) to reduce poverty, inequality, and climate vulnerability. It analyses ODA trends across sectors, gaps in support to Least Developed Countries and women’s […]

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A European agenda to tax the super-rich: A solution to inequality in the European Union

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Gender in Emergencies: Practical tools for transformative action

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Overview

Climate Finance Shadow Report 2025: Analysing progress on climate finance under the Paris Agreement

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Systems Change: Insights and reflections for development practitioners

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Overview

Towards Gender-Transformative Action on Super Pollutants

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Unjust Transition: Reclaiming the energy future from climate colonialism

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A Vision for a Just Scotland: How the Scottish Parliament can fight injustice and inequality while protecting people and planet

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Ethical Content Guidelines: Upholding the rights of the people in the pictures in content gathering, management and use

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The Financing of Energy Transition in Senegal: Green promises, unequal gains?

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Changing Face of Aid in Africa: Outlook, failures, and reform potential

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