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Quietly devastating climate report card shows need for fossil fuel phaseout finance, says ActionAid
Reflecting on Week 1 of COP28, ActionAid International’s Global Lead on Climate Justice, Teresa Anderson said,
The world is living on borrowed time – fossil fuels must go
Fossil fuels haven’t even succeeded in meeting the energy needs of the world’s poor, while leaving them to suffer all the climate harm, ActionAid says.
Sultan Jaber's comments divorced from the reality of hundreds of millions on the frontline of climate catastrophe
Responding to Sultan Jaber’s claim that there is no scientific evidence that a phase-out of fossil fuels is needed to restrict global heating to 1.5C, Teresa Anderson, ActionAid International’s Global
Reaction to the release of the Energy Transition Accelerator Framework
Kelly Stone, Senior Policy Analyst with ActionAid USA, had this to say:
“To meet the Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming to 1.5°C, a fast, full, and funded fossil fuel phase-out is a necessity
Emirates Declaration on agriculture is a missed moment to tackle the most pressing issues
"Industrial agriculture is the second largest source of global greenhouse gas emissions, largely due to its reliance on fossil-fuelled fertilisers, and its role in driving deforestation and factory
ActionAid welcomes the operationalisation of the Loss and damage fund at COP28 as an imperfect but important first step toward addressing climate impacts
ActionAid welcomes the operationalisation of the Loss and damage fund at COP28 as an imperfect but important first step toward addressing climate impacts
Mont des Arts lit up with remarkable projection demanding ceasefire
On the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, a call for a permanent and immediate ceasefire was projected at Mont des Arts in Brussels.
ActionAid’s Five Climate Justice Benchmarks for COP28
ActionAid’s expert spokespeople and youth activists from the Global South are available for interviews,
briefings, and commentary throughout COP28.
Four-day humanitarian pause will do little to improve dire conditions in Gaza
The four-day humanitarian pause which came into effect yesterday will do little to improve the dire conditions being endured by 2.3million people in Gaza. While, after seven weeks of near-constant
Historic UN tax vote for convention major win for public services
A historic tax resolution tabled by Nigeria on behalf of the Africa Group was adopted at the UN General Assembly on 22 November, 2023.
This kickstarts an intergovernmental UN process to negotiate a