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Tell Obama: Go to Copenhagen!: It's not enough to send a representative – we need President Obama himself to make the case for change in Copenhagen. Fill out the fields below to send your message to the president today!
Vulnerability and Climate Change in the US Southeast: An interactive Web experience highlighting the intersection of climate hazards such as drought, hurricane winds, sea-level rise, and floods with socially vulnerable communities in thirteen southeastern states.
ACT FAST with Oxfam: We can beat poverty and hunger—but we’ve got to ACT FAST. When you pledge to ACT FAST with Oxfam, you agree to do three things. Each step builds on the power of numbers: 1, 10, 100. And each person who takes the pledge brings us closer to our goal of beating poverty.
Host an Oxfam America Hunger Banquet® event: Raise awareness and help fund Oxfam's work by hosting a Hunger Banquet® in your community! Few experiences bring to life the inequalities in our world more powerfully than an Oxfam America Hunger Banquet® event. Organizers and participants alike can experience firsthand how our decisions affect others in the world.

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Senate action climate bill keeps United States in the game for Copenhagen
EU-US must jump together on climate finance
Exposed: Groundbreaking report details climate change hotspots in US Southeast
Political and business leaders receive climate leader awards
Oxfam welcomes climate bill as a step toward addressing needs of the hardest hit
100 people pushed into poverty every minute by economic crisis
Encouraging words but more substance needed at climate summit
Thousands turn out for climate change stunt in New York
Rich countries must not raid aid to pay climate debt
The new marketplace for adaptation: Climate change and opportunities for green economic growth
Helena Christensen witnesses impacts of climate change in Peru
New deadlines not enough to finalize a 'development' trade round
Climate impacts could reverse progress in the fight against global poverty
Historic House climate bill passes, provides resources for hardest hit
Oxfam: More than 3 million face death while Berlusconi and the G8 fiddle
Business poised to push governments on climate deal
Historic house climate bill passes first test, more resources still needed for hardest hit
Oxfam welcomes climate bill, urges increased support for hardest hit
Number of people affected by climate disaster up 54 percent by 2015
Congressional resolution recognizes the plight of women in the face of climate change
Bill propels action on global warming for world's hardest hit
Statement on Sen. Boxer climate legislative principles
Oxfam welcomes appointment of Stern on climate
President-Elect Obama's commitment to re-engage in global climate talks praised
G20 must put fight against poverty at the center of global economic reforms: Global leaders must not squander historic opportunity for reform.
Bold leadership is needed to turn the tide of poverty

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OXFAMExchange Spring 2009: The power of resilience
Climate Change and Security Fact Sheet
Climate Change and Women Fact Sheet
OXFAMExchange Fall 2008: A root revolution in Cambodia
Oxfam in Southern Africa: Having fought hard for freedom from colonial and racial oppression, millions of rural poor across southern Africa, particularly women, still struggle to overcome social and economic inequality, natural disasters, and disease. They continue to fight for their rights.
Working together to end poverty and injustice: An overview of Oxfam America and our approach to poverty relief and lasting social change.
Oxfam in the Horn of Africa: Drought. Conflict. Low crop prices. These are among the realities that poor people across the Horn of Africa face on a daily basis. But with new tools for channeling water, building peace, and influencing markets, people are beginning to wrest control over their lives.
Oxfam in West Africa: Across the vast Sahel and down through the lush rainforests of Ghana, there is a growing sense of possibility.
OXFAMExchange Spring 2007: A Fragile Balance
Oxfam in Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean: All across this diverse and beautiful territory, new faces of leadership are emerging. Women, rural communities, and small farmers are adding their voices to the political dialogue, calling on their governments: Hear us now.
Oxfam in South America: To their government officials and to the corporations who want to exploit their lands and natural resources, the indigenous and rural people of South America have a simple, yet important message: "We are here."
OXFAMExchange Fall 2003: Ross Gelbspan on Climate Change, The Fast for a World Harvest Turns 30, Hurricane Mitch Five Years Later

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Exposed: Social vulnerability and climate change in the US Southeast
Adapting to climate change: How building stronger communities can save lives, create jobs, and build global security
Beyond Aid: Ensuring adaptation to climate change works for the poor
The new adaptation marketplace: Climate change and opportunities for green economic growth
Empty promises: What happened to 'development' in the WTO's Doha Round?
Suffering the Science: Climate change, people, and poverty
The Right to Survive: The humanitarian challenge for the twenty-first century
Turning Carbon into Gold: How the international community can finance climate change adaptation without breaking the bank
Climate, Poverty, and Justice: What the Poznań UN climate conference needs to deliver for a fair and effective global climate regime
Climate Wrongs and Human Rights: Putting people at the heart of climate-change policy
Credibility Crunch: Food, poverty, and climate change: an agenda for rich-country leaders
Adaptation 101: How climate change hurts poor communities—and how we can help
Financing Adaptation: Why the UN's Bali Climate Conference must mandate the search for new funds
Climate Alarm: Disasters increase as climate change bites
Up in Smoke? Asia and the Pacific: The fifth report from the Working Group on Climate Change and Development.
The World is Still Waiting: Broken G8 promises are costing millions of lives
Adapting to Climate Change: What's needed in poor countries, and who should pay

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Oxfam America Organizing Guide: Tips for taking action in your community
Oxfam America House Party Guide: Tools for hosting a high-impact event
Sisters on the Planet Action Guide: Four inspirational women and the fight against climate change
Take Action: Fight for Climate Justice: We've all seen the images on the evening news: the droughts, floods, hunger, and disease. Decades of greenhouse gas emissions have finally caught up with our climate—and it's the poorest among us who are worst affected.
Oxfam America's Walk for Climate Justice: Toolkit for organizers
Climate Change House Party Guide: Tools for hosting a high-impact event
Change the climate: An action guide for creating equitable solutions to the climate crisis

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In the grip of drought: Ethiopians find ways to fight back
Hardest hit: Louisiana: Survival strategies from the frontlines of climate change
Hardest hit: El Salvador: Survival strategies from the frontlines of climate change
TCK TCK TCK - It's Time to Act on Climate Change: With only 100 days to go until world leaders meet in Copenhagen to hammer out a global climate change treaty, Oxfam has launched a new video with Oxfam Ambassador and Hollywood actor Gael Garcia Bernal.
A tiny seed and a big idea: Insurance for Ethiopia's farmers
The singing wells of Dubluq: How herders in southern Ethiopia find water for their cows in the deadly winter dry season.
Sharon's story: Sharon Hanshaw helps women speak out and prepare for future storms in post-Hurricane Katrina Biloxi, MS
Sahena's story: Sahena Begum is spearheading community efforts to cope with changing weather in Kunderpara village, Bangladesh.
Muriel's story: Muriel Saragoussi uses her voice to ensure that women's needs are taken into account in all environmental policies in Brazil.
Martina's story: Martina Longom campaigned for and helped to build a borehole to make collecting water easier in Caicaoan village, Uganda.
Drought early warning in Ethiopia: Women's local knowledge is the key to an early warning system designed to lessen the impact of drought in Ethiopia.
Hard earth, hard choices: When drought hits, herders in southern Ethiopia sometimes have no choice but to sell the animals on which they depend.
Oxfam America's Climate Change Campaign: We are asking that the US cut greenhouse gas emissions, and provide financial assistance so that the most vulnerable communities can adapt.

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Millions face hunger as drought sweeps East Africa

Oxfam America is responding to the crisis with emergency assistance that includes food and cash-for-work programs that aim to help about 350,000 people.

As politicians debate action on climate change, Cambodians rally in the capital city

At the Wat Phnom event, they call on governments to meet the needs of poor countries already struggling to deal with the impacts of climate change.

The other green revolution

African farmers have reclaimed farmland lost to drought in the Sahel, bringing hope for the future of this arid region and a model for fighting hunger worldwide.

Volunteers act up while time ticks down

With climate legislation in Congress, and the Copenhagen UN talks fast approaching, the Oxfam Action Corps fight for the people most affected by climate change.