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Education resource

Explore the work of Oxfam: Everybody eat, drink, earn and learn

17/12/2019

3 documents

18 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam is a global movement of millions of people who share the belief that, in a world rich in resources, poverty isn’t inevitable, and is an injustice that can and must be overcome. With links to English, geography and citizenship, these thought-provoking activities for ages 7-14 offer a fun way to develop speaking and listening […]

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Media briefing

Forced from Home: Climate-fuelled displacement

02/12/2019

3 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English

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Climate-fuelled disasters were the number one driver of internal displacement over the last decade – forcing an estimated 20 million people a year from their homes. While no one is immune, it is overwhelmingly poor countries that are most at risk. Eighty percent of those displaced in the last decade live in Asia, home to […]

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Education resource

Stories of Climate Change: Learn and think about the impacts of the climate crisis on people’s lives

02/12/2019

3 documents

11 pages long

Languages: English, Welsh

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Climate change isn't a looming crisis -it's a destructive force affecting millions of lives right now. And the people who have contributed the least to the climate emergency are suffering most. Life is already a struggle for poor communities. But climate change is making things so much harder. Droughts and floods are becoming increasingly frequent, […]

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Discussion paper

Enhancing NDCs: Opportunities in agriculture

01/12/2019

3 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Climate change affects food production in many regions, including lost crops and dwindling employment opportunities. These impacts will become more severe by 2030 and beyond, putting at risk global food security and the livelihoods of hundreds of millions of people. Now is the time to scale up efforts to reshape the agriculture sector to support […]

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Briefing paper

Cyclone Idai in Zimbabwe: An analysis of policy implications for post-disaster institutional development to strengthen disaster risk management

07/11/2019

1 documents

30 pages long

Languages: English

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Cyclone Idai struck Zimbabwe in March 2019, affecting 270,000 people. The storm and subsequent flooding and landslides left 340 people dead and many others missing. Agriculture, schools and infrastructure all suffered heavy impacts; many people lost their homes. Chimanimani and Chipinge Districts were hardest hit. This policy brief provides an analysis of the impacts and […]

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Evaluation report

Resilience in North East Ghana: Impact Evaluation of the Climate Resilient Agricultural and Food Systems (CRAFS) project

25/10/2019

2 documents

95 pages long

Languages: English

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This evaluation is presented as part of the Effectiveness Review Series 2017/18 on resilience programming. The Climate-Resilient Agricultural and Food Systems (CRAFS) project took place in four districts of the Upper East, Northern and Upper West regions, between April 2015 and March 2018, by Oxfam, PAS-Garu, PARED, ProNet North and NANDRIDEP. Project activities took place […]

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Media briefing

Who Takes the Heat? Untold stories of climate crisis in the Horn of Africa and Mozambique

23/09/2019

3 documents

12 pages long

Languages: English

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Battered by cyclones and ravaged by extreme drought, poor communities in the Horn of Africa and Mozambique have found themselves on the front line of a climate crisis they did little to create. Yet the international community has largely abandoned the world’s poorest countries – providing support worth an average of just $3 per person […]

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Evaluation report

Empowering Poor Women and Men in Building Resilient and Adaptive Communities in Mindanao (EMBRACE Project): End-of-Project Evaluation Report

01/09/2019

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

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This evaluation assessed the achievements of the extension phase of the EMBRACE project, which focused on improving the livelihood and social status of vulnerable poor women and establishing partnerships between farmers and local government units for climate adaptive farming. The study involved key informant interviews, focus group discussions, a case study and a survey of […]

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Media briefing

The G7’s Deadly Sins: How the G7 is fuelling the inequality crisis

22/08/2019

2 documents

16 pages long

Languages: English, French

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President Macron has promised to make the fight against inequality a priority at this year’s G7 Summit in France. G7 leaders regularly pay lip service to the dangers of extreme inequality, yet they are actively fuelling inequality at home and across the globe. In this briefing, Oxfam sets out the seven key issues the G7 […]

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Briefing paper

Gender Inequalities and Food Insecurity: Ten years after the food price crisis, why are women farmers still food-insecure?

15/07/2019

2 documents

60 pages long

Languages: English

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The food price crisis of 2007–08 had devastating impacts for the world’s poorest people, especially for smallholder farmers and in particular for women, who face discrimination and a heavy burden of household responsibility. The global response to the crisis saw the launch of numerous new initiatives and instruments, but funding has been insufficient and policies […]

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