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Climate justice

Despite not being responsible for most of the pollution leading to climate change, poorer countries suffer its most severe impacts, either in terms of extreme weather events or slow-onset impacts like desertification. These effects are likely to become more severe in future.

We focus on climate justice and equity, recognising the responsibility of wealthy countries to lead rapid climate action, and supporting developing countries to cope with climate impacts and transition to greener pathways. Working with vulnerable people and communities around the world, we help them to make their livelihoods, food, homes and safety more resilient to climate change.

What we do

We work to:

  • Support communities’ ability to adapt to climate change by strengthening national plans and processes
  • Protect and financially support people facing climate induced losses, and people who are forced to migrate due to climate change
  • Pressure wealthy countries to support initiatives like the Green Climate Fund (GCF), to enable climate action and adaptation in poorer countries
  • Advocate for system change and scale up successful local solutions
  • Challenge false solutions such as “Climate Smart Agriculture”, and promote real solutions such as agroecology
  • Ensure that land based solutions respect human rights and food security

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Barclays' policy tweak needs to be the first step on a much longer journey, ActionAid says

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The EU's first step on climate and corporate accountability ignores the financial sector's role - much to its detriment

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New COP29 president has his work cut out – deliver the cash needed for a fossil fuel phase-out

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ActionAid’s Five Climate Justice Benchmarks for COP28

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Climate Justice Camp 2023: A new wave of the climate justice movement

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Stop Funding Destruction and Begin to #FundOurFuture

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Barclays' policy tweak needs to be the first step on a much longer journey, ActionAid says

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New COP29 president has his work cut out – deliver the cash needed for a fossil fuel phase-out

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ActionAid’s Five Climate Justice Benchmarks for COP28

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Stop Funding Destruction and Begin to #FundOurFuture

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ActionAid statement on New Global Financial Pact Summit

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ActionAid staff and activists attend the Global Climate Strike in New York City, September 2019
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UN climate talks this week expose a 'gaping hole' in the funding needed to pay for climate action

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Oil refinery, Niger Delta
Opinion

The EU's first step on climate and corporate accountability ignores the financial sector's role - much to its detriment

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Climate Justice Camp 2023: A new wave of the climate justice movement

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Fund our Future for a Just World

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COP27 must deliver for communities, women and girls on the frontlines of the climate crisis

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Dry Earth Dam in Beerato, Somaliland.
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European heatwaves - a glimpse into the Global South's reality

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Our future is in respect for natural ecosystems

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The Gambia: Agroecology

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East Africa Food Crisis: Ceel-Dheere

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As rains fail, families in rural Kenya face perilous levels of hunger and thirst

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"Shell is threatening all our rights" - Oil giant’s human rights record on trial

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How Shell is devastating the Niger Delta

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Restoring vital mangrove forests in Cambodia

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Doubly Devastating: Local communities disproportionately affected by food, fuel, and fertiliser price rises

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After severe flooding destroyed her house and crops, Kakoli was forced to migrate to Dhaka in order to find work.
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Roadmap to a framework for the protection of climate migrants

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As Royal Dutch Shell’s shareholders meet in The Hague for their annual general meeting, new analysis by ActionAid International exposes the fossil fuel giant’s net zero climate plans to keep polluting while planting vast tree plantations likely to drive land grabs in the Global South.
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Not-their-lands: The land impact of Royal Dutch Shell's net zero climate target

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Avoiding the Climate Poverty Spiral: Social protection to avoid climate-induced loss & damage

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Principles for Just Transitions in Extractives and Agriculture: Shaping energy and food systems that work for women, communities and the climate

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Flooding in Sofala province, Mozambique, once again destroyed harvests and homes.
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NOT ZERO: How ‘net zero’ targets disguise climate inaction

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