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Briefing paper

UNEQUAL: The rise of a new American oligarchy and the agenda we need

03/11/2025

3 documents

43 pages long

Languages: English

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This past year has been indelibly shaped by concentrated wealth and power. The 10 richest U.S. billionaires got $698 billion wealthier, and the arrival of the world’s first trillionaire grew more imminent. The Trump administration—largely with the support of the Republican-controlled Congress—has moved with staggering speed and scale to carry out a relentless attack on […]

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Briefing paper

Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster

29/10/2025

10 documents

73 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

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Ahead of the major international climate conference COP30 in Belem, Brazil, new Oxfam research finds that the high-carbon lifestyles of the super-rich are blowing through the world’s remaining carbon budget - the amount of CO2 that can be emitted while avoiding climate disaster. The research also details how billionaires are using their political and economic influence to keep […]

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Discussion paper

Green, Fair and Caring: A feminist roadmap for Wales

23/10/2025

3 documents

43 pages long

Languages: English

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This report contributes to a global vision for a green new deal by grounding it in the Welsh context. It recognises that the economic and climate crises are deeply interconnected as interlocking consequences of unjust systems—patriarchy, neoliberalism, and extractive economics—that exploit people while degrading the environment. Within this, the undervaluing of care—both paid and unpaid—illustrates […]

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Discussion paper

Artificial Intelligence and Social and Gender Justice Activism in MENA: Spaces of co-optation, engagement and resistance

10/10/2025

3 documents

57 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English

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Artificial intelligence; Gender justice

Overview

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is being adopted and deployed across the MENA region in in ways that threaten to deepen existing inequalities and restrict rights. From surveillance technologies such as facial recognition, predictive policing, and smart cities, to algorithmic biases on social media and gig platforms, AI is reshaping civic space, labour markets, and gender dynamics. […]

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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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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

7 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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Overview

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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