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The latest news and media releases from Oxfam Aotearoa

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Unfair share report: Unequal climate finance to East Africa hunger crisis

Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and South Sudan have incurred $7.4bn of livestock losses alone as a result of climate change Despite …
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Water dilemmas: The cascading impacts of water insecurity in a heating world

Climate-induced water insecurity poses one of the biggest threats to humanity and will lead to more hunger, disease and displacement …
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Bangladesh’s Monsoon: At least five killed in Cox’s Bazar camps

At least five people were killed in the Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camps today, as the monsoon floods that hit Southern …
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Oxfam welcomes support from political parties for fossil fuel free Pacific: We need to stop polluting, and start paying

Oxfam Aotearoa says all major parties must show they are listening to Pacific demands on climate change ahead of this …
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Black Sea Grain Deal: Time to rethink how to feed the world

In response to Russia pulling out of the Black Sea Grain Initiative, Hanna Saarinen, Oxfam food expert, said:“While this grain …
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Oxfam India: Poor and marginalised communities most vulnerable to unpredictable floods

Oxfam India is responding to the catastrophic flooding in the National Capital Region and Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand which has …
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Big business’ windfall profits rocket to “obscene” US$1 trillion a year amid cost-of-living crisis; Oxfam and ActionAid renew call for windfall taxes

722 mega-corporations raked in US$1 trillion a year in windfall profits in 2021 and 2022.A windfall tax of 90 percent …
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Oxfam reaction to UN report on civilian casualties in Ukraine conflict

Oxfam welcomes today’s Open Debate on the UN’s 2023 Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict, which highlights the urgent …