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UN climate negotiations
Oxfam has consistently campaigned at the UN climate change negotiations, calling for a fair, ambitious and binding deal that ensures the world’s poorest people get the support they need in a changing climate.
Oxfam at the UN climate change summit, Durban, Nov/Dec 2011
Representatives from Oxfam International, the global confederation of Oxfams that includes New Zealand, attended this year’s UN Climate Summit in Durban, South Africa .
There are some obvious and achievable steps that governments must take to ensure progress is made. Oxfam believes that climate change is a global problem, requiring a global solution – a UN deal that is fair to both rich and poor countries.
- Durban debrief
Oxfam's Senior Campaigns Coordinator reports: "The choice between mutually assured destruction and mutually assured transformation to a fossil fuel free future has never been clearer. " - Durban leaves world sleepwalking towards four degrees warming
Oxfam's post-Durban assessment - See how Oxfam took action in Durban
Oxfam International's site is packed with photos, blogs, news and videos from the conference and Oxfam's climate change campaign. - Read the COP17 blog from Oxfam Hong Kong
Here you will find real stories of people impacted by climate change and see how hard they are trying to adapt. - Our Century's challenge, our Pacific response
A blog from Durban including a behind the scenes section, where we will hear personal accounts of the COP from first timers. - Oxfam and WWF join forces with shipping companies
We urged delegates to take action on tackling shipping emissions.
Durban: Behind the scenes
Life at COP17: Oxfam takes you behind the scenes in Durban with our Flikr album.
Oxfam kicked off the summit with a dinner party in the sea to provide a stark illustration of the effects that extreme weather will have on our already creaking food system. Poor people already spend a big proportion of their incomes on food and this will increase if crops fail due to an unpredictable climate. Take a look:
Help us build a ‘Radio Wave’ for climate action
With song and stories, people around the world are taking to the radio airwaves, sharing the realities of the climate crisis and calling on people to take action in the lead up to the 2011 UN Climate negotiations in Durban.
350.org, supported by Oxfam, is inviting people to use the power of song and our voices to take the climate movement to the airwaves.
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| For the low-lying islands of the Pacific like Tuvalu, the effects of climate change on families and communities can be devastating. Oxfam is seeking a fair deal for these communities at the UN negotiations in Durban. |
New Zealand Youth Delegation
The New Zealand Youth Delegation is a non-governmental youth organisation run by young people to empower New Zealand youth on climate change issues. Ten representatives, aged 16-26 were at Durban, advocating for a fair, ambitious and legally binding agreement.
What happened in Cancun 2010?
We were at the UN climate talks in Cancun in December 2010, campaigning hard for funds to help poor people adapt to the effects of global warming and for a radical reduction in emissions. The fund must support both adaptation to climate change and as well as emissions reductions, and give poor people and women a voice in decision making processes
Find out more with our Live from Cancun pages, or from our Cancun blog.
A look back on Copenhagen 2009
- Read our analysis of the Copenhagen outcome (PDF)
- Read our ED Barry Coates' blog posts for an insider's view of the negotiations
- Or watch the video below to hear his reaction to the Copenhagen Verdict:
- Photos: Check out our Flickr site for photos from Copenhagen and beyond
- Climate Voice - Climate Voice was a blogging project from Copenhagen that involved almost 50 influential online reporters and bloggers. Read what they had to say about the outcome of the negotiations
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