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Global Shield initiative is just a ‘distraction’ and should not be mistaken for loss and damage funding, says ActionAid International

Commenting on the latest announcement at COP27 on the Global Shield initiative, Teresa Anderson, Global Lead on Climate Justice for ActionAid International said:

ActionAid hails loss and damage fund outcome at COP27 as victory for people living on the front lines of climate disasters

A decision at COP27 to establish a loss and damage fund for communities living on the front lines of climate disasters has been hailed a victory by climate justice organisation ActionAid. 

ActionAid responds to appointment of UAE COP28 President

Commenting on the appointment, Teresa Anderson, Global Lead on Climate Justice at ActionAid, said: “This appointment goes beyond putting the fox in charge of the henhouse.

“The UN Climate Summit is

93% of countries most vulnerable to climate disasters are either in or at significant risk of debt distress, new research by ActionAid International shows

New research by humanitarian organisation, ActionAid International, has revealed a shocking 93% of countries at the forefront of climate disasters are drowning in debt. The organisation is calling for

Director of Chigwirizano Women’s Movement and Action Aid partner Loveness Chiwaya is seen moving around Nkhulambe village, inspecting damage in the aftermath of Tropical Cyclone Freddy in Nkhulambe Village.

The Gambia: Agroecology

Climate disasters are destroying the lives and livelihoods of millions of people worldwide. Fossil fuels and industrial agriculture are fuelling the destruction of our planet, driving up carbon

Image of Fatou standing among crops, looking at the camera

Communities in Western India brace themselves as over 74,000 people evacuated ahead of Cyclone Biparjoy’s landfall in India and Pakistan

Rising sea temperatures are leading to the exacerbation of tropical cyclones, resulting in long-lasting and slow-moving intense cyclones in the Arabian sea, like Cyclone Biparjoy. Loss and damage

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Fund our Future for a Just World

This World Environment Day, ActionAid organised mobilisations around the world to call for a feminist, just transition to a world free of fossil fuels and industrial agriculture. 

Women hold a banner saying fund our future.

UN climate talks this week expose a 'gaping hole' in the funding needed to pay for climate action

As SB58 UN climate talks in Bonn wrap up, Teresa Anderson, ActionAid International’s Global Lead on Climate Justice says:   

ActionAid staff and activists attend the Global Climate Strike in New York City, September 2019

ActionAid statement on New Global Financial Pact Summit

Climate finance is not only about making climate action fair, it’s about making climate action possible. The financial system needs to be totally transformed to help countries drowning in climate

Teresa Anderson, COP27 protest  CAPTION, FULL DESCRIPTION AND QUOTES ActionAid staff and activist protest at COP27 campaigning for a loss and damage funding facility.

Stop Funding Destruction and Begin to #FundOurFuture

ActionAid today launched the Fund Our Future campaign during the People's Climate Summit in Nairobi, Kenya and published a report naming and shaming the biggest banks investing in fossil fuels and

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