Market mechanisms for loss and damage climate finance fail human rights test
ActionAid’s report, Market Solutions to help Climate Victims Fail Human Rights Test, examines the current options for market, state and ‘innovative’ funding mechanisms available to cover the soaring
Climate-induced migration may result from disasters like Cyclone Fani
Cyclone Fani made landfall near Puri, India, early this morning (Friday 3 May 2019), sparking an evacuation of nearly a million people from coastal regions. Heavy rains and high winds continue to
New research: Local food and fuel prices more than triple in some of the world’s most at risk communities
The cost of food, fuel and fertiliser in some of the world’s poorest communities is soaring, with families spending double, triple and in some cases nearly four times what they were paying before
Climate crisis fuels drought and severe hunger across East Africa
The climate crisis is fuelling one of the worst droughts on record across the Horn of Africa, with up to 13 million people in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia facing severe hunger. Find out more about the
Aid workers on frontline of drought in East Africa respond to FCDO funding announcement
The Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) in the UK has today announced £36 million in UK humanitarian funding to help people in Ukraine, East Africa and Syria. Countries in East Africa
Famine announcement will be too little too late as mothers bury their children in East Africa
Responding to U.N. humanitarian chief Martin Griffiths’ warning that famine is “at the door” in parts of Somalia, Taiwo Ajose, Interim Country Director for ActionAid in Somaliland, says:
Pakistan floods - tens of millions affected in the blink of an eye
Floods in Pakistan continue to devastate communities, with over 30 million people affected, including almost 1000 dead.
“The climate crisis is growing, and here in Bangladesh we feel its ferocity”
ActionAid is highly concerned about cyclone Sitrang, which is very likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm as it gathers pace over the Bay of Bengal.
The storm is now approaching land and it
Tropical Storm Nalgae hits the Philippines
Tropical storm Nalgae has hit the Philippines over the weekend, causing loss of life, livelihoods, and homes. The climate crisis has increased both the intensity and frequency of storms.
Humanitarian charity helps communities prepare for the worst as storm Freddy heads for Mozambique.
Humanitarian organisation ActionAid is concerned about the intensity of tropical cyclone Freddy and the crippling impact on vulnerable communities in Madagascar, Mozambique, and Zimbabwe.