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COP24: Governments fail to agree on measures to prevent catastrophic climate change

UN climate negotiations in Poland have lacked the ambition and cooperation needed to agree crucial measures to avert catastrophic climate change.

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ActionAid demands climate justice at Bangkok negotiations

As ActionAid’s global policy lead on climate change, I’m heading up our efforts in negotiations at the conference. We’re bringing five demands to the table that will pave the way for progress on

Damage caused by floods in Kerala, India, August 2018.

ActionAid condemns the escalating violence in oPt and calls for an immediate end to forced evictions

ActionAid Palestine is deeply concerned over escalating violence and the violation of Palestinian rights across the Occupied Palestinian Territory (oPt).

Muna Al-Kurd

Gaza violence: Civilians must be protected from further death and destruction

As violence continues to escalate in Gaza, women and children are most at risk as Israeli airstrikes destroy apartment buildings and leave thousands of families homeless.  

On the night of May 11th, the people of Gaza city endured non-stop strikes by Israeli warplanes.
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Not-their-lands: The land impact of Royal Dutch Shell's net zero climate target

As Royal Dutch Shell’s shareholders meet in The Hague for their annual general meeting, new analysis by ActionAid International exposes the fossil fuel giant’s net zero climate plans to keep polluting

As Royal Dutch Shell’s shareholders meet in The Hague for their annual general meeting, new analysis by ActionAid International exposes the fossil fuel giant’s net zero climate plans to keep polluting while planting vast tree plantations likely to drive land grabs in the Global South.

Shell’s net zero climate plans need land up to three times the size of the Netherlands for carbon offsets

As Royal Dutch Shell’s shareholders meet in The Hague for their annual general meeting, new analysis by ActionAid International exposes the fossil fuel giant’s net zero climate plans to keep polluting

For decades, Shell has been devastating communities in the Niger Delta with oil spills, gas flaring, environmental destruction and human rights abuses.

Shell climate case: Dutch judge has historic opportunity to ensure the fossil fuel giant cuts its emissions

ActionAid is one of seven environmental and human rights organisations, led by Friends of the Earth Netherlands, taking legal action against Shell to demand it reduces its emissions in line with

Shell court case

Victory against Shell: Judge forces polluter to cut its CO2 emissions

n a historic win for people and the planet, a judge in the Netherlands has ruled that the fossil fuel giant Shell must cut its CO2 emissions net 45% by 2030.

Shell verdict

UN climate negotiations must ensure COP26 does not widen loopholes on carbon markets

As governments meet for online UN climate negotiations ahead of COP26, ActionAid raises concerns that carbon markets could be used by polluters to continue ‘business as usual’ and fail to deliver the

Communities in the Niger Delta are being devastated by oil spills, gas flaring, polluted water and human rights abuses.

G7: Climate finance must be about justice and reparations

As world leaders meet for the G7 Summit, ActionAid is calling on the world’s richest nations to meet their promise to deliver $100 billion a year* in climate finance through grants to help vulnerable

The climate crisis is pushing the women farmers of Buzi to the brink.