climate change
Climate variability in Ethiopia is not new - but now, in addition to the usual struggles, Ethiopians living in poverty are additionally suffering the effects of climate change - both more variable climate and more extreme weather events.
People who are already poor and marginalized are struggling with the added burden of climate variability. For now, this means that the little that...
The coastal district was home to one of the world's earliest settled civilisations and also became one of the largest tomato producing regions in Asia. Now this area is waterlogged and can barely sustain agriculture.
Extreme weather events have persistently affected coastal areas of Badin, often provoking humanitarian disaster. Now the prospect of global warming in delta regions brings...
The flooding that devastated the Amazonian department of Beni in 2008 was the worst in at least fifty years, affecting 118,000 people and around three quarters of the total surface area of Beni. In the previous two years there had also been widespread damage from flooding. One local resident of the capital, Trinidad, summed it up when they said, "2006 was a bad year; 2007 was really bad; but...
Oxfam supports communities and organisations around the world that are already developing the tools and techniques that can be used to adapt to global warming. This case study is one in a series that highlights some of this work to assist programme practitioners in sharing and learning on climate change adaptation.
In 2007, after the Yasathorn Province in Northeastern Thailand...
Oxfam supports communities and organisations around the world that are already developing the tools and techniques that can be used to adapt to global warming. This case study is one in a series that highlights some of this work to assist programme practitioners in sharing and learning on climate change adaptation.
In 2007, after the Yasathorn Province in Northeastern Thailand...
Climate change is fast pushing communities, particularly the poorest and most marginalized, beyond their capacity to respond. Across the world, subsistence crops are approaching the limits of their viability as temperatures change; erratic rainfall patterns and changing seasons are upsetting agricultural cycles and leaving many struggling to feed their families; and rising sea levels are...
Climate change is fast pushing communities, particularly the poorest and most marginalised, beyond their capacity to respond. Across the world, subsistence crops are approaching the limits of their viability as temperatures change; erratic rainfall patterns and changing seasons are upsetting agricultural cycles and leaving many struggling to feed their families; and rising sea levels are...
This booklet contains a small selection from 20,000 entries in the "Climate is changing, so is our life" competition for students throughout Viet Nam.
In collaboration with the Ministry of Education and Training and Save the Children, Oxfam organised this competition as part of the climate change awareness raising campaign.
The messages are aimed at policymakers and...
This discussion jpaper sets out to analyse the relationship between gender and climate change in Viet Nam, and to recommend appropriate policy actions that will both address climate change and promote gender equality. It represents a collaborative effort by the UN and Oxfam in Viet Nam, with the involvement of a broad range of stakeholders.
The paper argues that climate change...
Climate change is the single greatest threat to development - making the battle to overcome poverty ever harder and more expensive. Finance is urgently needed to help vulnerable communities adapt to a changing climate.
At Copenhagen, there was progress on finance, if limited. The Copenhagen Accord proposed the establishment of a 'Copenhagen Green Climate Fund' and included a loose...
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