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Rescue workers carry injured person through mud-filled streets

Nepal’s catastrophic floods must be a wake-up call on climate action as death toll passes 1,000 warns Oxfam

A week on, search and rescue operations and humanitarian aid efforts are a desperate race against time.Almost 4,000 people are …
Flash Floods demolishes a village in Nepal

Oxfam launches Nepal flood response in worst-hit Rasuwa and Nuwakot districts, as destroyed roads and swept-away bridges block relief efforts

Oxfam has launched an emergency response in Rasuwa and Nuwakot, the districts worst affected by last Wednesday’s flash flood, as …
Drone image of shelter in Rohingya camp

Rohingya Crisis Enters Tenth Year as Funding Cuts Put Lifesaving Services at Risk: Oxfam

As the Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh enters its tenth year, Oxfam is warning that shrinking humanitarian resources risk undoing years …
logos of big oil companies

Big Oil set to double profits as their emissions fuel deadly heatwaves

• Top six fossil fuel corporations expect Q2 profits to nearly double Q1 levels. Annual profits for 2026 are set …
Aerial / Drone image of North Gaza Governorate - Photo credit - Alef Multimedia Company / Oxfam

Gaza’s $71bn reconstruction will cost seven times all previous rebuilds combined, and will fail without Palestinian leadership – Oxfam warns

Oxfam and Palestinian organisations hand world leaders a blueprint for Gaza’s recovery — one that puts Palestinian ownership and accountability …
Workers responding to Ebola outbreak in DRC

Thousands forced to use one water source from Ebola treatment site in Democratic Republic of the Congo – Oxfam

NGO community-based outreach at just 10 per cent due to lack of fundingHealth facilities overwhelmed as some operating at over …
Water up to roofs of houses in Bangladesh flooding

Floods Devastate Communities as Oxfam Scales Up Response

Over 1.1 million people across Bangladesh have been badly affected by floods due to waterlogging and landslides triggered by heavy …
Man standing next to home, metres from the water in Solomon Islands

Rich countries exaggerating “true value” of climate finance by around $100 billion

Rich countries have again inflated the “true value” of the climate finance they provide to low- and middle-income countries, overstating …