Publications
Who pays the price? The cost of HSBC’s climate damages
Year on year, the climate crisis continues to worsen, with disproportionately negative
impacts on countries in the Global South that have contributed the least to global
emissions. Within these
Multilateralism in a Contested World: Power, Justice and the EU’s Interest
As the Global South gains power and asserts its demands for justice and equity, the EU’s self-congratulatory multilateralism is increasingly out of step with reality. Clinging to a model that protects
The ‘Albania model’ and ‘return hubs’: what is really happening?
In March 2025, the European Commission proposed a new Return Regulation. Among other planned measures, the one of the so-called ‘return hubs’ - centres built in third countries, where to forcibly
Gender Justice Over Corporate Profits: A Gender Analysis of the Omnibus Proposal
Gender Justice Over Corporate Profits: A Gender Analysis of the Omnibus Proposal
The Human Cost of Public Cuts in Africa
New research from ActionAid International, The Human Cost of Public Sector Cuts in Africa, highlights how over the last five years, austerity measures have led to the deterioration of public health
ActionAid Joins 200+ Civil Society Organisations in a Letter to European leaders on FfD4
Over 200 civil society organisations and individuals have sent a letter urging European leaders to commit to a transformative and ambitious agenda of financial architecture reform at the Fourth
Press Release: ActionAid Joins 570+ Organisations to Defend Civil Society Against Attacks on NGOs in the European Parliament
European civil society organisations (CSOs) are currently facing an attack coming from certain Members of the European Parliament. Spearheaded by some MEPs from the European People’s Party (EPP) and
Why the UN aid summit is the EU's best shot at financial justice
Why the UN aid summit is the EU's best shot at financial justice
Joint Statement: Disastrous Omnibus proposal erodes EU’s corporate accountability commitments and slashes human rights and environmental protections.
ActionAid joins over 360 CSOs in calling on the European Parliament and EU Council to block the Omnibus proposal. This proposal risks jeopardising the very objectives of crucial corporate
Who Owes Who?
As we enter 2025, 54 countries are in debt crisis, forced to cut their spending on basic public services and climate action in order to pay external debts. Last year, lower income countries between
