COP25: Woman farmer from Malawi speaks out against use of chemical fertilisers

This is ActionAid's press statement on the opening of the COP25 climate negotiations in Madrid in December 2019.

As world leaders gather for the UN climate summit in Madrid, more than 150 organisations alongside climate activists Naomi Klein and Lidy Nacpil, have written to environment ministers calling for a

ActionAid is among 152 organisations, movements and unions, that have signed an open letter calling for a new fund to support survivors of climate disasters in the Global South. Ahead of the UN

New analysis sets out how much responsibility the wealthy countries behind the climate crisis must take for the devastating impact that rising global temperatures are already having on developing

Ibrahim Ibraigheth, country director of ActionAid Palestine, responds to the announcement by Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that the US will no longer consider Israeli settlements in the occupied West

ActionAid responds to deadly Cyclone Bulbul, assessing the damage and need in India and Bangladesh

"The shifting of COP25 from Chile to Madrid with only four weeks’ notice presents real barriers to participation for countries from the global South and civil society."

The Chilean government has pulled out of hosting the 25th Conference of the Parties (COP25) climate summit due to continuing protests against rising inequality. This must not delay progress on climate

ActionAid has joined a coalition of almost 200 civil society organisations to demand fossil-free politics. You read the joint statement and learn more about the climate emergency on this page.