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Neither Enough, Nor Adequate: A participatory assessment of the barriers to local access for climate finance in the Sahel

14/11/2024

4 documents

45 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Access to climate finance is a prominent feature of the debate for the upcoming COP29 decision to set a New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance. Countries, communities and groups representing marginalised collectives who are most impacted by the climate crisis are in urgent need of scaled-up, accessible and adequate climate finance. Findings from participatory […]

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Better Safe Than Sorry: Four fundamentals for scaling up anticipatory action

07/11/2024

1 documents

46 pages long

Languages: English

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In the context of ever-increasing humanitarian needs worldwide, anticipatory action is being recognised as one of main the ways in which predictable shocks can be prevented from turning into crises, reducing both the impacts and the costs. Anticipatory action is a critical approach, bridging the work of disaster risk reduction and humanitarian response, and showing […]

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Communities In Charge: Lessons for the Global Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage from a locally-led project in Kenya

06/11/2024

1 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English

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People in northern Kenya have suffered numerous severe economic and non-economic losses and damages due to repeated climate-related droughts and flooding. This briefing note provides an overview and lessons learned from a locally-led project funded by the Scottish government and recently implemented by Oxfam, Strategies for Northern Development and Merti Integrated Development Programme in northern […]

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Carbon Inequality Kills: Why curbing the excessive emissions of an elite few can create a sustainable planet for all

28/10/2024

8 documents

41 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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The only way to beat climate breakdown and deliver social justice is to radically reduce inequality. This briefing paper reveals the catastrophic climate impacts of the richest individuals in the world, and proposes taking urgent action to protect people and the planet. What little carbon dioxide we can still safely emit is being burned indiscriminately […]

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Climate Finance Unchecked: How much does the World Bank know about the climate actions it claims?

17/10/2024

2 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

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Oxfam finds that for World Bank projects, many things can change during implementation. On average, actual expenditures on the Bank’s projects differ from budgeted amounts by 26–43% above or below the claimed climate finance. Across the entire climate finance portfolio, between 2017 and 2023, this difference amounts to US$24.28–US$41.32 billion. No information is available about […]

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Food Wars: Conflict, Hunger, and Globalization, 2023

16/10/2024

1 documents

35 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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Most wars of the late 20th and early 21st centuries have been “food wars”: food and hunger were used as weapons, food and food-related water and energy infrastructure were damaged intentionally or incidentally, and food insecurity persisted as a legacy of conflict destructiveness. Frequently, food insecurity, in turn, is a trigger or underlying cause of […]

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Biofuel Blunders: Time to fix two decades of EU policies driving food insecurity

11/09/2024

3 documents

87 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Since 2003, EU policymakers have promoted biofuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but they have turned out to be a disaster for the climate, human rights and food security. Studies have shown that, when emissions from land-use changes are taken into account, biodiesel made from vegetable oils, such as palm, soy or rapeseed oil, emits […]

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Right-sizing Corporate Voice: A briefing for business on responsible political engagement

30/07/2024

5 documents

40 pages long

Languages: Arabic, English, French, Spanish

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Businesses dominate the policymaking process, mostly prioritize short-term financial interests and provide minimal transparency, creating an inherent risk of corporate policy capture that has been exacerbated by practices across lobbying, advocacy and political spending. A new approach to corporate political engagement – building on existing frameworks and based on the familiar experience of developing human […]

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Water War Crimes: How Israel has weaponised water in its military campaign in Gaza

18/07/2024

1 documents

66 pages long

Languages: English

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This report presents a detailed analysis of how the Government of Israel has systematically weaponized water against the Palestinians in its latest assault on Gaza, raising grave concerns of human rights violations and breaches of international law. It highlights ongoing violations of international laws, showing how the Government of Israel has used water deprivation to […]

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Beyond Crises: The future of Special Drawing Rights as a source of development and climate finance

13/06/2024

2 documents

25 pages long

Languages: English

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The allocation of Special Drawing Rights (SDRs) during the COVID-19 pandemic has generated considerable interest in using SDRs as a tool for development and climate finance. This policy brief argues that the monetary logic that underpins SDRs justifies regular allocations of at least $200 billion a year, and more than doubling the share of low-and […]

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