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- The climate after Copenhagen
- Oxfam America’s assessment of the COP-15 and the road ahead.
- More rice for people, more water for the planet
- System of Rice Intensification (SRI)
- A fresh look at the green economy
- Jobs that build resilience to climate change
- Now More Than Ever: Climate talks work for those who need them most
- The world’s governments are gathering in Cancun, Mexico, for the next round of global climate negotiations amid much apathy and disenchantment with the ...
- Water is life
- High in the cloud forest of Piura, local communities understand the importance of the area's water and medicinal plants. They warn the proposed Rio Blanco ...
- Oxfam's oil, gas, and mining program
- Oxfam advocates just government policies and corporate practices in the oil, gas, and mining industries, and supports the right of communities to participate ...
- After the quake: Preventing disease
- Oxfam has built latrines and bathing stalls, and provided basic necessities, such as soap and toothbrushes to thousands of people living temporarily in camps, ...
- Zero cholera!
- Oxfam’s aggressive approach to stopping cholera in Haiti includes going from field to field with important information to help farmers stay healthy.
- House by house, latrine by latrine, Haitians fight cholera in Petite Riviere
- Oxfam's program aims to help 125,000 people in Artibonite Province.
- Oxfam: Last minute package breathes life into UN climate talks
- A set of simple water pumps improves life in a Gambian village
- Climate change talks must deliver following record year of extreme weather
- International celebrities to climate negotiators: “You must do better”
- Investments in climate resilience a win-win for poor, businesses and American jobs
- Oxfam on the ground in Haiti: Captured in photos
- One month after the earthquake, Oxfam is providing water, latrines, plastic sheeting, and relief materials–as well as cash payments for work—to thousands who ...
- 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.
- More water, more food
- An improved irrigation channel in Ethiopia now delivers a steady supply of water to a small village called Shasha Korke.
- Groundbreaking method enables small farmers to grow more food with less water
- Climate change wake-up call
- You know about global warming. You may already be doing your part to protect the environment. But, climate change is a human issue too—it's hitting the ...
- White House climate adaptation report provides critical guidance
- China talks must focus on the climate finance winnables, says Oxfam
- Food crisis grips Sahel region of West Africa, 10 million affected
- Poor rains last year reduced the size of harvests and dried out pastureland across the region.
- In villages of Niger, hunger weakens people and animals
- Rains are desperately needed for farmers across the Sahel. But in some places, the rain will also make it very difficult to deliver vital aid.
- Drawing water to a thirsty village
- In the aftermath of the tsunami, Oxfam helped an impoverished farming community in Sri Lanka find a solution to its most devastating chronic emergency: ...
- Oxfam's humanitarian response department expands into public health
- New public health practice is part of a three-pronged effort to sharpen the effectiveness of the agency's emergency response. The other two components are ...
- 100 people pushed into poverty every minute by economic crisis
- Cutting shipping emissions could raise billions to help developing countries fight climate change says Oxfam
- Stand with the Sisters on the Planet
- On International Women's Day 2010, over 100 women leaders joined Oxfam with one message: we are Sisters on the Planet. And it's up to us to fight poverty and ...
- Prone to fierce storms, Bangladesh works to improve its preparedness
- A native of Bangladesh, Latif Khan has lived through many cyclones—and has spent much of his professional life working on ways to help prevent the death and ...
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