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
Surviving climate change – Hilda’s story
This is the story of Hilda. Hilda lives in rural Zimbabwe and her community was devastated by Cyclone Idai. Read about how Hilda worked to rebuild her community and watch her short video.
Characteristics of a disaster resilient community
Setting out the many different elements of resilience, this report shows what a ‘disaster-resilient community’ might look like, and provides some ideas about how to progress towards increased
Climate Change Knows No Borders
An analysis of climate-induced migration, protection gaps and the need for solidarity in South Asia
The wrong model for resilience
The G7-backed African Risk Capacity (ARC) drought insurance policy was an experiment that failed Malawi, and in particular its women, in the face of a drought that need not have become a disaster. The
As rains fail, families in rural Kenya face perilous levels of hunger and thirst
Rains have failed for the third consecutive season in vast areas of arid and semi-arid lands in Kenya. ActionAid Kenya’s communications manager Fridah Bwari on how drought is devastating family
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
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
