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Briefing paper

Unjust Transition: Reclaiming the energy future from climate colonialism

24/09/2025

10 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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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 paper

Not Everyone Is in the Same Boat: Climate and inequality in the Middle East and North Africa

17/07/2025

4 documents

39 pages long

Languages: English

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The Middle East and North Africa is one of the regions that will be affected the most by climate change, extreme weather events, exacerbating the chronic water scarcity that it suffers from and current dependency on fossil fuels. Climate change impacts are already witnessed in many countries, especially those experiencing conflicts. At the same time […]

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Discussion paper

Climate Financing, Institutional Structure, and Budget Tracing in Ethiopia

01/07/2025

1 documents

76 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper identifies the current situation and future trends of climate financing, institutional capacity, and budget tracing in Ethiopia. It seeks to inform Oxfam, partners, and all other stakeholders in the discussion for evidence-based decisions and actions to ensure meaningful and informed participation of citizens in social and financial accountability of climate financing at both […]

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Briefing paper

The Private Sphere Trap: Women and the climate crisis in Iraq

10/06/2025

1 documents

19 pages long

Languages: English

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This Oxfam briefing paper examines the intersection of gender inequality and climate change in Iraq, focusing on the agricultural sector. Women in Iraq face systemic barriers that confine them to the "private sphere," limiting their participation in decision-making processes critical to climate adaptation and mitigation. Through qualitative research, including focus group discussions and key informant […]

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Briefing paper

From Pledges to Progress: Tracking climate finance flows and accountability in Nigeria and Uganda

10/06/2025

2 documents

71 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam’s Climate Finance Shadow reports have shown that high-income countries have failed to deliver on their commitment to mobilize climate finance for low- and middle-income countries. In 2024, two country reports, on Uganda and Nigeria, were published that analyzed how the insufficient international climate finance that is reaching their governments is being spent at national […]

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Case study

Pathways to a Fast and Just Energy Transition: Insights from Clean Energy Case Studies

22/05/2025

2 documents

90 pages long

Languages: English

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The clean energy transition continues to gather pace and scale, despite push back from some quarters. The key challenge is therefore not whether it will happen but how to shape it in favour of greater speed, justice, and shared prosperity. This briefing paper draws out insights from just clean energy case studies that seek to […]

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Journal article

Centring Indigenous Women’s Rights in Climate Justice: The importance of listening to the direct voices of Indigenous women

08/05/2025

23 pages long

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Centring Indigenous Women’s Rights in Climate Justice: The importance of listening to the direct voices of Indigenous women

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This article is written as a series of organic conversations between four women working in gender and climate change in south-east Asia. It is situated through storytelling of an Indigenous Bunong woman from Cambodia and a woman of Hmong ethnicity from Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR). They discuss the inequitable effects of climate change on […]

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Briefing paper

Water-Driven Hunger: How the Climate Crisis Fuels Africa’s Food Emergency

30/04/2025

1 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper calls for an integrated water and food security management in eight Eastern and Southern African countries—Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Somalia, South Sudan, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. These countries, identified as Hunger Hotspots for 2025 and among the 30 most water insecure globally, are also experiencing the severe impacts of climate variability. The paper strongly […]

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