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Climate change videos

In December 2009, world leaders gathered at the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen to decide on the world's future. These videos show that climate change is real and it is affecting the poor first and worst.

Pelenise Alofa at Pasifika Festival

Pelenise Alofa Pilitati is from Kiribati, where she lives on the frontline of climate change. Everyday her yard fills up with salt water from the high tide. Here she is at the Pasifika Festival in Auckland encouraging Pacific communities to make their voices heard and stand up for their home islands.

Voices of the Vulnerable

Oxfam New Zealand hosts Voices of the Vulnerable at Te Papa, the national museum in Wellington. Speakers from Tuvalu, Kiribati and the Federated States of Micronesia speak about the impact of climate change on their communities. A film is projected onto the outside of the museum urging world leaders to take stronger action on climate change before it is too late for our Pacific Island neighbours.

Beds are Burning (Tck tck tck: Time for climate justice)

350 Islands for Change

In Auckland, Pacific Islanders wade out into the sea and hang up 350 T-shirts on a giant washing line, signifying that the Pacific Islands are being hung out to dry. Each shirt has the name of a different island printed on it. The event is part of the 350 International Day of Climate Action, a global call to bring greenhouse gas pollution back down to a level that is safe for survival.

'John Key' gets the Global Climate Wake Up Call

The Prime Minister of New Zealand makes a special appearance in Auckland, sleeping in the shadow of the Town Hall clock tower. As the crowd urges him to wake up and stop sleepwalking us further into a climate crisis, John gets out of bed and sings a climate lament.

Tck Tck Tck: It's time for climate justice

Oxfam Global Ambassador and actor Gael Garcia Bernal joins other global citizens in supporting the Tck Tck Tck Climate Change Campaign.

100 Days to Copenhagen

There are only 100 days left until the UN climate change conference in Copenhagen where world leaders must agree a strong and fair climate deal. Pelenise Alofa Pilitati describes how climate change is affecting her home in Kiribati and encourages people to sign Oxfam's Feel the Heat petition.

Climate change in Papua New Guinea

Developing countries are already feeling the effects of climate change. In Papua New Guinea, unpredictable weather patterns mean that coffee, a major export, and food crops are no longer reliable. Oxfam is working to help people adapt to this changing climate and the increased chance of major disasters.

Inspiring Climate Change stories - Ursula (Carteret Islands)

The Carteret Islands are being swamped by seawater, killing food gardens and forcing the population to migrate to mainland Bougainville. This is the story of Ursula Rakova, who has set up an organisation to help her people relocate with dignity and preserve their culture.