StoryBook recommendations for your little activist
Looking for resources for raising a socially conscious child? We've got you covered with this reading list compiled by Oxfam staff for kids of all ages.
Climate change
The carbon footprint of the world’s one billion poorest people represents just 3 percent of the global total. Yet as climate change advances, poor communities are hardest hit. Not only do we have a responsibility to avoid doing harm to others, we must help them adapt.
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StoryHow one farming community is defending itself against climate change
A farmer in Zimbabwe shares how an Oxfam initiative helped build resilience against the effects of changing rainfall patterns.
StoryNew data shows deforestation in Peruvian Amazon responsible for sizable carbon emissions
Industrial-level oil palm and cacao plantations, some established through corrupt land-titling, are destroying old-growth forest and displacing farmers and indigenous people.
Story'She is afraid of nothing'
Danger—from hurricanes, earthquakes, and violence to COVID-19—is a daily fact of life in El Salvador, but women like Morena del Carmen De León Martínez are making a difference.
StoryJust hanging on: Life in the Dry Corridor
For families on the margins, climate change and the coronavirus are translating into hunger and malnutrition.
StoryThe Paris Agreement on climate is celebrating its fifth birthday—what happens next?
Happy fifth birthday to the Paris Agreement on climate change! We're thrilled that the US will be rejoining the agreement, but what comes next? Here's what you need to know.