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ActionAid warns progress is fragile on new Just Transition text
Reacting to the new text on Just Transition, which came out on Tuesday morning after negotiations that went until after 1 am last night, Teresa Anderson, the Global Lead on Climate Justice at
The elephant in the room' - the presence of Big Ag lobbyists makes COP30 Forest talk empty rhetoric,' says ActionAid
Reacting to the finding by Kick Big Polluters Out that there are hundreds of agribusiness lobbyists at COP30, Teresa Anderson, ActionAid’s Global Lead on Climate Justice, said “Agribusiness is the
ActionAid: Mutirão decision finally holds rich countries to account
The Presidency’s draft of the “mutirão decision,” made public on the morning of November 18, presents a menu of options on many of the stickiest issues under negotiation at COP30. Finance is one of
ActionAid warns that new UN Security Council resolution on Gaza, while a step towards ending hostilities, entrenches occupation
After two years of unfathomable suffering in Gaza, ActionAid notes efforts by the international community to end active hostilities, facilitate humanitarian action and lay the groundwork for
"Bitter Harvest from Baku": COP30 Adaptation Goals at risk as rich countries refuse grant finance, says ActionAid
Bitter Harvest from Baku": COP30 Adaptation Goals at risk as rich countries refuse grant finance, says ActionAid
Climate activists demand a just transition in agriculture – so farmers and communities get a ‘seat at the table’ in climate decision-making
Climate activists at COP30 have called on governments to include agriculture in just transition negotiations and ensure that the voices of farmers, traditional communities, indigenous people and
The Africa Group justified for cautious approach to adaptation indicators at COP30, says ActionAid
The Africa Group justified for cautious approach to adaptation indicators at COP30, says ActionAid
ActionAid says it’s now ‘game on’ for just transition as Global South countries unite to call for new global mechanism
ActionAid says it’s now ‘game on’ for just transition as Global South countries unite to call for new global mechanism
Rich countries must increase their contributions for loss and damage
There is no ability to quickly distribute money immediately after a disaster. For the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage to truly deliver, it must be more responsive to communities and immediate
ActionAid urges governments to prioritise people, as it prepares to lobby for a just transition mechanism at COP30
ActionAid - which supports communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis – is joining with other climate organisations at COP30 to demand governments agree to climate action that prioritises