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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

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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

The climate crisis forced Kakoli from her village to find work in the city.
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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.

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

Bwaise, one of the urban slum areas of Kampala

ActionAid issues urgent appeal for more ambitious climate plans ahead of UN deadline for Paris agreement submissions

ActionAid is calling for increased ambition to limit global warming to 1.5°C and to support vulnerable nations as the UN deadline for governments’ plans to tackle climate change is fast approaching on

Gas Flares in the Niger Delta

‘I live in fear everyday of losing everything’

More than 2,400 villagers from the Garithe community in Kenya’s Marereni Salt Belt, are fighting for their right to continue living on 800 acres of their ancestral land which they have lived and

Janet Nyeu Nyange at home

'I have hopes that we will have our land back'

More than 2,400 people are locked in a legal battle with a salt mining company. The Garithe community in Kenya’s Marereni Salt Belt are fighting for their right to continue living and working on

Florence Mramba