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ActionAid on the Danone and Green Climate Fund announcements

This is a response from ActionAid to the first day of the global climate stroke in September 2019

Melting glaciers and rising seas may drive mass migration, ActionAid warns

Harjeet Singh, ActionAid's global climate lead, warns that climate change could lead to mass migration

The elephant in the room

Farah Kabir, Country Director, Bangladesh, shares her reflection on the SDG Summit in New York, September 2019

Financing development - stop dodging the big issues

Lars Koch, Policy Director, ActionAid Denmark has written this blog post about the effective ways to finance international development.

Inspired: Some observations as young people take over the fight for climate justice

Harjeet Singh, our global climate lead, writes about young people leading the fight for climate justice.

When leaders act like children

This blog by Sesheeni Joud Selvaratnam, International Programme and Policy Lead, questions why we don't see more action from our leaders and asks why we don't pay attention to our young activist

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Avoiding the Climate Poverty Spiral: Social protection to avoid climate-induced loss & damage

In a world facing the escalating impacts of global warming, social protection has a crucial role to play in protecting women, communities and economies from the catastrophic impact of the climate

ActionAid responds to UN report on land and climate change

On 8 August 2019 the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change published its landmark report on land use and climate. This is ActionAid's response.

Characteristics of a disaster resilient community

Setting out the many different elements of resilience, this report shows what a ‘disaster-resilient community’ might look like, and provides some ideas about how to progress towards increased

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Mind the Adaptation Gap

If the COP21 Paris climate agreement is to help developing countries to cope with and adapt to the impacts of climate change, it must ensure that richer countries provide the necessary financial