World on track for 2.4˚C of warming despite raft of new net zero pledges at COP26
ActionAid responds as the Climate Action Tracker warns that the world is headed to at least 2.4˚C of warming and net zero targets are ‘just lip service to real climate action’.
COP26: A text that creates the illusion of action is arguably worse than no text at all
ActionAid responds as the new draft text of the COP26 negotiation falls far short of the action and commitments needed to limit warming to 1.5˚C and support frontline communities.
Latest draft COP26 text 'a slap in the face for those on the frontlines of the climate crisis'
As the COP26 negotiations continue in Glasgow, ActionAid responds to the latest draft text.
COP26 outcome 'an insult to those whose lives are being torn apart by the climate crisis'
ActionAid responds to the final COP26 outcome:
Young Palestinians show solidarity with farmers during olive harvest
Palestinian youth groups have joined farmers to help with the olive harvest in Al-Makhrour, near Bethlehem. This is the latest in a series of actions arranged by ActionAid Palestine in partnership
Free Palestine?
This Briefing Paper catalogues some of the main violations of international law committed against the occupied Palestinian population, with a focus on the duties of Israel in its role of Occupying
Palestine Day: More than 600 people join ActionAid Palestine’s Walk for Freedom
To mark International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (29 November), ActionAid Palestine and the Lejan youth group organised a Walk for Freedom through Jericho city.
As winter approaches, millions of Afghans are facing a deepening food and malnutrition crisis
An escalating humanitarian crisis, severe drought and the Covid-19 pandemic have left millions of people in Afghanistan without enough food to eat.
Afghanistan crisis: “My family fled our hometown because we did not have enough food to survive"
As winter approaches, millions of Afghans are facing a deepening food and malnutrition crisis.
An escalating humanitarian crisis, severe drought and the Covid-19 pandemic have left nearly 23 million
ActionAid International condemns deadly attack in Kayah State, Myanmar
ActionAid is horrified by reports of the attack on civilians in Kayah state which killed at least 35 people, including two staff members of the charity Save the Children.
