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The Impact of Coffee Rust: Assessment of livelihoods and food security of families working in El Salvador’s coffee sector

05/12/2014

3 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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Since 2013, an outbreak of coffee rust disease in a large proportion of El Salvador's coffee plants has affected the food security and livelihoods of families dependent on day labour on coffee plantations. With the support of partners and donors, Oxfam carried out an assessment to measure the impact in areas of the country where […]

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Research report

From Words to Facts: Acting on climate change in Central America

04/12/2014

2 documents

26 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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Overview

Central American countries contribute little to climate change, but will endure some of its most negative consequences. As well as greatly affecting food production and the life of farming and indigenous communities, it will also increase the magnitude and frequency of extreme climatic events that impact the region. With the support of partners, this research […]

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Briefing paper

Breaking the Standoff: Post-2020 climate finance in the Paris agreement

01/12/2014

6 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Climate finance is fundamental to a fair and effective global climate agreement. Too few countries have delivered on their obligations. As a result, the world’s poorest people have not benefitted from the necessary investment, and climate finance has been a major obstacle to achieving a global climate change agreement. This paper suggests a new approach […]

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Evaluation report

Resilience in Nepal: Evaluation of mainstreaming disaster risk reduction and enhancing response capability

21/11/2014

3 documents

57 pages long

Languages: English

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This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2013/14, selected for review under the resilience thematic area. This report documents the findings of a quasi-experimental evaluation carried out in September 2013 that sought to assess the impact of the activities of the ‘Mainstreaming disaster risk reduction and enhancing response capability’ project in […]

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Evaluation report

Policy Influence in the Russian Federation: Evaluation of advocacy and campaigning on climate change

21/11/2014

3 documents

108 pages long

Languages: English

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This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2013/14, randomly selected for review under the policy influence thematic area. This report documents the findings of a qualitative impact evaluation, carried out from March to July 2014. The evaluation used process tracing to assess the effectiveness of the ‘Advocacy and campaigning on Climate […]

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Evaluation report

Accountability Review in Malawi: Building the resilience and enhancing the adaptive capacity of women and men to climate change and climate variability

21/11/2014

3 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

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This accountability review is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2013/14. The report documents the findings from a review carried out in March 2014, which examines the degree to which Oxfam meets its own standards for accountability. The project aims to enhance the adaptive capacity of 8,000 households of poor women and men […]

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Briefing note

Can’t Afford to Wait: Why Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation plans in Asia are still failing millions of people

06/11/2014

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

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Climate-related disasters and food crises are devastating thousands of lives and holding back development across Asia. A year on from the devastating super-typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, Oxfam is calling for governments across Asia to increase efforts to address these challenges – and for them to be backed by regional and global institutions and with […]

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Briefing paper

Food, Fossil Fuels and Filthy Finance

17/10/2014

6 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Climate change is already making people hungry, and the use of fossil fuels is largely to blame, representing the single biggest source of greenhouse gas emissions globally. On current trends, the world will be 4–6ºC hotter by the end of the century, exceeding 2ºC within the lifetimes of most people reading this report. This could […]

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Research report

A Sign of Things to Come? Examining four major climate-related disasters, 2010-2013, and their impacts on food security

19/09/2014

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

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Four recent extreme weather events – the 2010 heat wave in Russia, the flooding in Pakistan in the same year, the 2010–2011 drought in East Africa and Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in 2013 – were notable for their intensity, duration, and impacts on livelihoods and food security. As part of its food and climate […]

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Issue briefing

The UN Climate Summit’s Public-Private Action Announcements: Sorting the promising from the greenwash

19/09/2014

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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Since global leaders last met to discuss climate change five years ago, climate-related disasters have cost the world almost half a trillion dollars. More than 650 million people have been affected and more than 112,000 lives have been lost. World leaders meeting at the Ban Ki-moon Summit on 23 September need to help galvanize global […]

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