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Cut climate pollution fairer and faster

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Playing our part in climate action

Oxfam is mobilising to ensure Aotearoa plays its part in protecting the people and places we love that are under threat from climate breakdown. We are also acting to make sure the government does all it can to properly support people in poorer and climate vulnerable countries.

Recently, we celebrated a big win – our 18-month campaign asking the government to boost funding for those on the frontlines of climate change led to a four-fold increase in New Zealand’s climate finance, representing $1.3 billion over the next four years!

With your help we are a strong global voice for a 1.5° C planet. Together with the wider climate movement we’ve helped tell the story of what New Zealand’s fair share of action should look like and put more pressure on our government to reduce this country’s climate pollution, particularly in the companies and sectors that have the largest climate footprint, like agriculture.

There’s more that we’ll be doing in this space throughout 2022, with an ongoing push to make the government’s Emissions Reduction Plan cut climate pollution fairer and faster. We want the government to help the farming sector play its part by setting up transition hubs and bringing agriculture into the Emissions Trading Scheme so every business pays the full price for its climate pollution.

The latest news

Climate Breakdown

Marcelline walks to get water buckets from the OXFAM build bladder and pump in the Cesacoba site, 5kms away from Bangassou, on March 3rd, 2021.

Vetoing Humanity

This report aims to highlight the humanitarian consequences of the dysfunction at the UN Security Council and humanitarian finance mechanisms …
Mohammed and his two daughters are filling their containers with drinking water inside a government school in Deir al-Balah, a facility used as a shelter by Palestinians who have fled from the northern Gaza Strip.

UN Security Council casts nearly all vetoes last decade on Syria, Palestine and Ukraine, robbing opportunities for peace

Ahead of the UN Summit for the Future, Oxfam calls for reform of the UN Security Council to stop the …
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Oxfam and partners at UNGA79

Oxfam leaders, experts, and partners are joining the UN 79th General Assembly, Summit of the Future, and Climate Action week …
Doing Our Fair Share: New Zealand's Responsibility to Provide Climate Finance Report

Doing Our Fair Share: New Zealand’s Responsibility to Provide Climate Finance Report

Humanitarian agencies World Vision New Zealand and Oxfam Aotearoa, have released an important climate finance report today – Doing Our …
Doing Our Fairshare: New Zealand's Responsibility to Provide Climate Finance Report

Doing Our Fairshare: New Zealand’s Responsibility to Provide Climate Finance Report

Two new reports reveal how New Zealand can meet its climate finance obligations ahead of COP29.Auckland, New Zealand –Humanitarian agencies …
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Seizing the Moment: A new climate finance goal that delivers for the Pacific

This report brings together the voices, experiences and demands of civil society from across the Pacific region, including Australia and …