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ActionAid backs landmark call by the Global South for a binding fossil fuel phase-out treaty

As the high-level summit on Transitioning away from Fossil Fuels starts in Santa Marta, Colombia today, ActionAid welcomes the call from an emerging coalition of Global South countries for a new legal ...
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Santa Marta is a major milestone towards fossil fuel phase-out

Reacting to the just-ended Santa Marta conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels, Teresa Anderson, Global Lead on Climate Justice at ActionAid International, said: “So many governments ...
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Gender Action Plan IV: key priorities for the EU external action

The works on the next EU Gender Action Plan (GAP IV) have started, and the European Commission launched a public consultation to gather inputs for the GAP IV. The next GAP will run from 2028 to 2034, ...
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Costs of climate inaction: displacement and distress migration

Political failure to limit global warming to below 2°C, as per the Paris agreement goal, is already driving 18 million climate migrants from their homes in 2020. New analysis, released today, ...
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The industries fuelling the climate crisis are draining public funds in the Global South, new ActionAid report reveals

Climate-wrecking fossil fuel and industrial agriculture sectors are squeezing climate-hit countries for over US$600 billion in public subsidies every year. ActionAid’s groundbreaking new report on the ...
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Climate Finance for Just Transition: How the Finance Flows

Barely any climate finance is going to support workers and communities to undertake just transitions. It is time for climate policy makers to make sure that people’s priorities are front and centre of ...
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Having a climate denier in the White House poses new barriers to climate action, says ActionAid

Commenting on the outcome of the election, ActionAid USA’s Executive Director, Niranjali Amerasinghe, said: “As the climate crisis escalates, communities on the front lines will feel that the outcome ...
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A third of people affected by Rana Plaza collapse in Bangladesh still ‘traumatised’ and struggling with physical and mental health a decade on, new research by ActionAid shows

Dhaka, Bangladesh: New research by humanitarian organisation ActionAid has revealed the continuing challenges being endured by survivors of the collapsed Rana Plaza building in Dhaka on the 24 April ...
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ActionAid calls for immediate ceasefire and full respect for international law in latest escalation in conflict in the Arab Region

ActionAid expresses grave concern over the recent military strikes carried out by the United States and Israel against targets across Iran, which are a violation of international law, as well as ...
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'The political situation is concerning, but we're hopeful the transition will lead to positive change,’ says ActionAid Bangladesh

Reacting to the recent protests and developing political transition in Bangladesh, ActionAid said: ‘ActionAid stands in solidarity with the young people in Bangladesh who have courageously raised ...
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Africa is owed US$36 trillion in climate debt by rich polluting countries, a new report by ActionAid shows

Ahead of the African Union (AU) Summit next week, a new report by ActionAid reveals that over three-quarters of all lower-income countries spend more on foreign debt than on their own healthcare ...