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G7: Pledges to education fund welcome, but must be matched with action on debt, tax and austerity
As the UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledges £430 million to improve education in the world’s poorest countries, ActionAid International welcomes new funding for the Global Partnership for Education
G7: Climate finance must be about justice and reparations
As world leaders meet for the G7 Summit, ActionAid is calling on the world’s richest nations to meet their promise to deliver $100 billion a year* in climate finance through grants to help vulnerable
G7 support for pharma monopolies is putting millions of lives at risk
head of the G7 Leaders’ Summit, the People’s Vaccine Alliance warned that G7 promises to vaccinate the world by 2022 will be impossible to fulfil, if governments continue blocking proposals to waive
G7: New digital tax rules ‘woefully inadequate’ to fund Covid-19 recovery
As G7 finance ministers meet to discuss proposals for new digital tax rules, ActionAid raises concerns that the plans could trigger a race to the bottom on corporate tax rates.
UN climate negotiations must ensure COP26 does not widen loopholes on carbon markets
As governments meet for online UN climate negotiations ahead of COP26, ActionAid raises concerns that carbon markets could be used by polluters to continue ‘business as usual’ and fail to deliver the
Victory against Shell: Judge forces polluter to cut its CO2 emissions
n a historic win for people and the planet, a judge in the Netherlands has ruled that the fossil fuel giant Shell must cut its CO2 emissions net 45% by 2030.
Shell climate case: Dutch judge has historic opportunity to ensure the fossil fuel giant cuts its emissions
ActionAid is one of seven environmental and human rights organisations, led by Friends of the Earth Netherlands, taking legal action against Shell to demand it reduces its emissions in line with
ActionAid responds to the eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano in the Virunga Mountains, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Cecile Kasoki, Programme Manager for ActionAid International DRC responds to the eruption of the Nyiragongo volcano in the Virunga Mountains, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Gaza ceasefire: ActionAid calls for lasting peace and urgent access for humanitarian relief
ActionAid’s humanitarian response in Gaza will focus on the most vulnerable groups, including families whose homes have been completely or partially destroyed by Israeli airstrikes.
World’s largest economies losing up to $32 billion in annual tax revenue from Silicon Valley’s top five tech companies
As G20 leaders meet tomorrow (21 May) for an extraordinary health summit to tackle the pandemic, new research from ActionAid International shows that G20 countries are facing a potential gap of US
