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"Shell is threatening all our rights" - Oil giant’s human rights record on trial

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

Children use a boat to navigate around their flooded community.

Climate Ambition Summit: ‘Glaring gap’ in support for Global South 

Climate pledges announced the Climate Ambition Summit, co-hosted by the UN and the UK on the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement, overlook the devastating loss and damage already being caused by

Women farmers walk through flooded fields in Buzi, Mozambique.
Opinion

Having a job does not mean that your livelihood is secure

Globally, women are in the lowest-paid work, earning 24 percent less than men. At the current rate of progress, it will take 170 years to close this gap. One of the main reasons for this is the lack

Ernestine is a single mother from Rwanda
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Climate change drives migration in conflict-ridden Afghanistan

Using participatory research with communities in Afghanistan, and combining it with policy analysis, this report captures a picture of internal migration and displacement in Afghanistan, due to

Children stand in front of tents in a camp for internally displaced people in Afghanistan
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A Covid-19 recession may have lifelong effects on young people

Even before the Covid-19 crisis, young people already faced employment challenges. But with the economic downturn caused by the pandemic, addressing these issues is now more urgent than ever.

Okech practices his farming skills in Uganda

Climate migration in South Asia set to treble by 2050 due to political inaction on global warming

More than 62 million South Asian people will be forced to migrate from their homes due to climate disasters by 2050, according to new research from ActionAid International and Climate Action Network

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Costs of climate inaction: displacement and distress migration

More than 62 million South Asian people will be forced to migrate from their homes due to climate disasters by 2050, according to new research from ActionAid International and Climate Action Network

South Asia is particularly prone to climate disasters and has some of the highest levels of climate-fuelled displacement
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We must make sure no girl is left behind due to Covid

Globally, teachers are playing a crucial role in continued learning during school closures. Whether they are making materials or helping students who can't access learning resources, teachers must be

Girls are hardest hit by school closures
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Principles for Just Transitions in Extractives and Agriculture: Shaping energy and food systems that work for women, communities and the climate

Efforts to address the climate emergency and limit global warming require fundamental and rapid change in our energy and food systems.

Walipa is a smallholder farmer from northern Malawi.

ActionAid International condemns the arrest of Nicholas Opiyo

ActionAid International is shocked and dismayed by the unlawful and brutal arrest of Mr. Nicholas Opiyo, the Chairperson of the Board of Directors of ActionAid International Uganda and renowned Human