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Media briefing

Confronting Carbon Inequality: Putting climate justice at the heart of the COVID-19 recovery

21/09/2020

4 documents

12 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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Despite sharp falls in carbon emissions in 2020 linked to the COVID-19 pandemic, the climate crisis – which is driven by the accumulation of emissions in the atmosphere over time – continued to grow. This briefing describes new research that shows how extreme carbon inequality in recent decades has brought the world to the climate […]

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Discussion paper

Removing Carbon Now: How can companies and individuals fund negative emissions technologies in a safe and effective way to help solve the climate crisis?

19/08/2020

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

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Carbon removals are an important part of the solution of the climate crisis, hundreds of gigatons of CO2 will likely need to be removed from the atmosphere this century with the help of a wide range of negative emission technologies. This paper sets out to answer which negative emissions techniques are available on the market […]

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Research report

Climate Change, Agriculture and Gender in Gaza: Assessing the implications of the climate crisis for smallholder farming and gender within olive and grape value chains in Gaza

14/07/2020

2 documents

56 pages long

Languages: English

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Women and men working in smallholder olive and grape sectors in Gaza face many difficulties in eking out a living, many as a result of a long blockade that restricts free movement of people and goods and access to land needed for agriculture, severely hampering any economic prospects. Climate change exacerbates the crisis, with rising […]

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Media briefing

The Hunger Virus: How COVID-19 is fuelling hunger in a hungry world

09/07/2020

3 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English

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COVID-19 is deepening the hunger crisis in the world’s hunger hotspots and creating new epicentres of hunger across the globe. By the end of the year 12,000 people per day could die from hunger linked to COVID-19, potentially more than will die from the disease itself. The pandemic is the final straw for millions of […]

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Research report

Zero Hunger, Zero Emissions: Land-based climate change mitigation, food security, and equity

18/06/2020

1 documents

91 pages long

Languages: English

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This report seeks to identify the threats to equity posed by certain land-based climate change mitigation strategies and the potential impacts of these threats on food security and other human rights, in order to sound the alarm on current and potential future inequalities. At the same time, this report highlights opportunities to decrease greenhouse gas […]

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Education resource

Making Sense of the Climate Emergency: Exploring thoughts, feelings and actions

17/03/2020

3 documents

Languages: English

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Young people are growing up in a climate emergency. Millions of the world’s poorest people are being affected. There is still hope but urgent action is needed now. Eco-anxiety is on the rise and there is a growing need for young people to be supported to face the reality of climate change, to talk about […]

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Discussion paper

Finding Britain’s Role in a Changing World: Building a values-based foreign policy

03/03/2020

1 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English

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The United Kingdom is preparing for its post-Brexit place in the world at a time when the principles of liberal democracy and the rules-based world order are being challenged. In a fast-changing world with new powers rising, old institutions struggling and future challenges emerging, a strong values-based foreign policy is essential. This calls for bold, […]

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Research report

The Welsh Doughnut 2020: A framework for environmental sustainability and social justice

01/03/2020

2 documents

85 pages long

Languages: English, Welsh

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The world faces twin challenges: delivering a decent standard of living for everyone, while living within our environmental limits. These two interwoven concerns are captured in Oxfam’s Doughnut model that offers a framework to create a safe and just space for humanity to exist. At the national level, the Welsh Doughnut model suggests areas of […]

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Evaluation report

Resilience in Bangladesh: Impact Evaluation of the Promoting Sustainable Building in Bangladesh (PSBiB) Project

31/01/2020

2 documents

72 pages long

Languages: English

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The ‘Promoting Sustainable Building in Bangladesh’ (PSBiB) project was implemented together with 3 partner organizations between 2016 and 2019. It aimed to reduce the negative impacts of the construction and house building industry in Bangladesh on the environment, livelihoods and communities, by enabling a transition from unsustainable Traditional Bricks (TB) to sustainable Alternative Building Blocks […]

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Discussion paper

Global Megatrends: Mapping the forces that affect us all

31/01/2020

1 documents

72 pages long

Languages: English

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Making sense of the rapid changes shaping our world is essential for determining effective strategies. Asking questions about the trends affecting us all can make efforts to reduce poverty and inequality better fit for the future, uncertain though the future is. But to which trends should we pay attention? Many think tanks, international organisations and […]

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