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Climate Ambition Summit an opportunity to take bold climate crisis decisions, say ActionAid climate experts

At the start of New York Climate Week, and on the eve of the UN Secretary General’s Climate Ambition Summit, to be held on Wednesday 20th September in New York, ActionAid’s climate experts share their

Climate Justice Camp 2023: A new wave of the climate justice movement

This is the story of how a quiet Lebanese village welcomed 450 young leaders and campaigners for the second annual Climate Justice Camp.

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It’s dangerous to pin our climate hopes on CCS, says ActionAid expert as IEA launches report

As the IEA report shows, carbon capture and storage (CCS) has consistently failed to achieve any of its overblown promises, despite the billions of dollars invested over decades. It’s dangerous to pin

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Breaking out of the Bubble to Transform Education Financing

A year ago the Transforming Education Summit (TES) was the highest level education meeting in history, convening Heads of States on an unprecedented scale to talk about the education crisis.

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Families in hard-to-reach Atlas Mountain communities receive urgent humanitarian assistance from ActionAid and partners

ActionAid is partnering with local organisation, Enterprise Sociale Maroc, to distribute supplies to affected persons in one of the severely hit areas. The communities of Ait Lkak and Idjhya in the

ActionAid partner, ES Maroc, carries out distribution of essential aid to the hard-to-reach community of Oukaymiden.
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People before Profit: How Ghana can step up its commitments to ensure businesses are held accountable for human rights violations

The operations of businesses can have a profound impact on human rights, including those of employees but also consumers, and communities where they operate. Whilst some of these impacts may be

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Whose Bargain is this for?

The Grand Bargain was launched during the World Humanitarian Summit in 2016, as a unique agreement between humanitarian agencies and donors to reform and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of

Women from a local organisation in South Africa that provides workshops on women’s rights and training on Gender-Based Violence prevention. (2022, Lihlumelo Toyana / ActionAid)

IMF meetings are a chance to address harmful austerity and debt policies says ActionAid 

The International Monetary Fund and World Bank Annual meetings in Morocco are a chance to address harmful austerity and debt policies that have left millions in poverty on the African continent, says

44-year-old Mariatu Turay who though receives monthly salary, face similar struggles as Martha. The health unit she works in serves 15 catchments of 5351 people with five nurses who work on shifts of 2 or 3 at a time. They run the expanded immunization program, Antenatal care, Outpatient, General, and Under 5 cares.
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Young people are leading tide of change against fossil fuels

On September 15th and 17th, hundreds of thousands of young people took to the streets globally to call for an end to the fossil fuel era. They are advocating for investments in community-owned

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