ActionAid’s Five Climate Justice Benchmarks for COP28
ActionAid’s expert spokespeople and youth activists from the Global South are available for interviews,
briefings, and commentary throughout COP28.
Barclays' policy tweak needs to be the first step on a much longer journey, ActionAid says
Responding to Barclays’ newly announced oil and gas policy, ActionAid International’s Global Lead on Climate Justice, Teresa Anderson, said:
“The fish in the river are gone”- Fishing communities devastated by El Nino-induced drought, as Zimbabwe joins Malawi and Zambia in declaring a state of disaster
Over 20 million people in Southern Africa are facing a severe food security crisis due to the El Nino-induced drought. Affecting crop and livestock production as well as water availability in the
Your funding of climate-wrecking projects is robbing us of livelihoods and homes, communities tell global banks as AGM season kicks off
As major global banks Barclays, HSBC, and Citibank hold their Annual General Meetings (AGMs)
ActionAid reacts the resignation of HSBC’s chief executive Noel Quinn
Reacting to news of the resignation of HSBC’s chief executive Noel Quinn, ActionAid International’s Global Lead on Climate Justice Teresa Anderson, said:
“HSBC is in the climate spotlight for its
Thousands evacuated as Bangladesh braces for severe Cyclone Remal
ActionAid is concerned about and closely monitoring the developing situation of Cyclone Remal, which is expected to make landfall in Bangladesh around midnight on 26 May.
Terrible warning that climate action has to move into a much higher gear, says ActionAid
Reacting to new data by Copernicus Climate Change Service that revealed that average global temperatures have been 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels for a year,
ActionAid comments on the decision to make the Philippines host of the Loss and Damage Board
The second meeting of the Loss & Damage Fund Board started in Songdo, Korea today.
The time is up for coy talk from developed countries - we need trillions of dollars for climate finance, says ActionAid
Today government ministers met in Baku, Azerbaijan, for a high-level ministerial dialogue to try to make progress towards the New Collective Quantified Goal on climate finance, to be agreed at COP29
We can’t stop the climate crisis by spending less on climate finance than we spend on ice cream, says ActionAid
Speaking during a press briefing on the opening day of COP29, ActionAid’s spokespeople urged the rich polluting Global North countries to provide adequate climate financing for adaptation, mitigation
