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More than 150 NGOs sign open letter calling for loss and damage fund with debt relief 

ActionAid is among 152 organisations, movements and unions, that have signed an open letter calling for a new fund to support survivors of climate disasters in the Global South. Ahead of the UN

Letter from Global South youth to HSBC

As the world faces an unprecedented climate crisis, HSBC’s investments continue to fuel environmental destruction — especially across the Global South. 

Climate activist Patience Nabukalu joined with

US and EU owe more than half the cost of repairing future damage caused by climate disasters

New analysis sets out how much responsibility the wealthy countries behind the climate crisis must take for the devastating impact that rising global temperatures are already having on developing

A car and house destroyed by rubble after Cyclone Idai

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,

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ActionAid's Response to ICJ's Ruling

ActionAid welcomes the Court's ruling affirming prima facie jurisdiction and indicating provisional measures, including the provision of urgently needed basic services and humanitarian assistance to

ActionAid reacts to Bonn Climate Negotiations

As UN climate negotiations in Bonn wrap up, Teresa Anderson, global lead on climate justice for ActionAid International says: 

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Big business’ windfall profits rocket to “obscene” $1 trillion a year amid cost-of-living crisis; Oxfam and ActionAid renew call for windfall taxes    

722 of the world’s biggest corporations together raked in over $1 trillion in windfall profits each year for the past two years amid soaring prices and interest rates, while billions of people are

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ActionAid responds to COP26 delay

Harjeet Singh, global lead on climate for ActionAid, comments on the 26th UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) being delayed until 1st- 12th November 2021.

Devastation caused by cyclone Amphan
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ActionAid International’s chair joins IMF advisory group

ActionAid International chair Nyaradzayi Gumbonzvanda will bring a global south perspective to a new external advisory group set up by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).