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Richest 1% emit as much planet-heating pollution as two-thir…

Richest 1% emit as much planet-heating pollution as two-thirds of humanity
The richest 1% of New Zealanders cause double the consumption emissions of all 2 million people who live in Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and Kiribati combined, a new Oxfam report shows.

Oxfam reaction to Pacific Islands Forum: New Zealand and Aus…

Oxfam reaction to Pacific Islands Forum: New Zealand and Australia must follow PIF aspiration with action
Oxfam welcomes the Pacific Island Forum’s acknowledgement that the response to the climate crisis must involve a just and equitable transition away from fossil fuels, but notes this falls short.

Oxfam joins calls for New Zealand to support fossil fuel fre…

Oxfam joins calls for New Zealand to support fossil fuel free Pacific
Oxfam is backing calls from Pacific leaders for the New Zealand and Australian governments to endorse a Just Transition to a Fossil Fuel Free Pacific, a top agenda item at the Pacific Islands Forum

Half a million civilians caught in northern Gaza ‘sieg…

Half a million civilians caught in northern Gaza 'siege within a siege'
Oxfam is gravely concerned for the lives of around 500,000 Palestinians, alongside any of the more than 200 Israeli and other national hostages, currently trapped in a “siege within a siege” in Gaza

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