All Climate Change Features
Support ActionAid’s Work to Combat Deforestation in Kenya
Dec 16, 2009
Nooloireta Nakola walks three miles under the hot Kenyan sun to Olenkuluo primary school to water her son’s tree, as part of ActionAid's tree planting project.
World Food Day: This is Thoko’s Story
Oct 20, 2009
Take a moment on October 16 to learn about the challenges facing 1 billion hungry people each day and ActionAid’s work to combat the growing crisis.
ActionAid Briefs Senate on Climate Change and Food Security
Oct 20, 2009
ActionAid urges the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee to increase funding for the world's poorest countries in the face of shifting weather patterns caused by climate change.
Prospect of a Just Climate Deal Hanging by a Thread
Oct 14, 2009
When world leaders met in Bangkok, Thailand, to continue negotiating a global climate agreement, one thing became abundantly clear: the prospects of a just climate deal are hanging by a thread. If an equitable deal is not struck soon, the possibility of escape from poverty for millions of people across the globe will be further threatened.
ActionAid to Brief Senate on Climate Change and Food Security
Oct 13, 2009
Leading up to World Food Day, ActionAid will testify Oct. 15 before a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee about the impacts climate change is on developing countries. ActionAid is calling for developed countries to help poorer nations adapt to climate change.
ActionAid Proposes a New Climate Finance Mechanism
Sep 26, 2009
Current climate change adaptation funding channels are not serving poor peoples needs.
Northeast Brazil Faces Heaviest Rainfall in Two Decades
Sep 17, 2009
ActionAid is working in Brazil to help poor communities adapt to climate change while also dealing with recent flooding.
Senegal’s Quest to Balance Food Security Against Biofuels
May 8, 2009
The expansion of biofuels production in Senegal highlights the risks of an excessive focus on fuel crop production against the tremendous need to strengthen food security and rural livelihoods through a process that fully engages local farmers.
Urge Your Lawmaker to be Pro-Active on Climate Change
Apr 24, 2009
Congress is currently deciding how to spend your money in fiscal year 2010. This is your chance to weigh in and ask your Senators and Representative to include at least $200 million in the budget to help poor countries adapt to the impacts of climate change.
Small Steps in Climate Talks
Dec 22, 2008
If global temperatures continue to rise at their current rate, our planet and its people will face dire consequences. Billions of people will be at increased risk for hunger and malnutrition as food production dramatically decreases. ActionAid led a delegation to the global climate talks held in Poznan, Poland, where world leaders took a few small steps toward a new climate change treaty.
Poznan Journal: No Details Yet in Climate Talks
Dec 9, 2008
Governments from around the world are in Poznan, Poland this week for talks on a new climate change treaty. ActionAid USA’s Ilana Solomon is in Poznan to push for funding to help developing countries adapt. Read her update at the mid-point of the global climate talks.
The Time is NOW
Nov 25, 2008
ActionAid’s field work in developing countries confirms that crop production is already falling due to climate change. ActionAid’s new report, The Time is NOW: Lessons from Farmers Adapting to Climate Change, describes these impacts, how farmers are responding, and what governments should do to address the dual crisis of hunger and climate change.
Malawi Journal: Community Adaptation to Climate Change
Sep 29, 2008
ActionAid USA's Ilana Solomon traveled to Malawi to learn more about how local people are responding to climate change. She met with women who are changing their communities and transforming their lives. She discusses how their efforts relate to our advocacy for new international funds for climate adaptation.
Climate Change Makes Tough Choices for Kenyans
Aug 4, 2008
The Pokot community in Tangulbei, Kenya hopes for rain. It has not rained there for two years. Their crops wither and their livestock languish in the drought. ActionAid provides relief to the region by bringing in water and food and pushes for more access for the people of Pokot to the resources they need to adapt to their increasingly arid environment.
ActionAid Challenges G8 on Response to Food Crisis
Jul 2, 2008
Leaders of the Group of Eight industrialized nations meet in Hokaido, Japan, from July 7-9. The failure of G8 policies on food, biofuels, and climate change places up to 1.7 billion people – 25% of the world’s population – at risk of hunger. ActionAid makes recommendations to G8 leaders in our new report, “Cereal Offenders: How the G8 has Contributed to the Global Food Crisis and What They Can Do to Stop It.”
ActionAid Makes Recommendations to UN Climate Adaptation Fund
Jun 16, 2008
Developing countries need substantial new resources for adaptation to enable them to cope with the current impacts of climate change. These resources, estimated at upwards of US $67 billion a year, must come from rich countries, which are largely responsible for creating climate change. A new fund for adaptation was created at the global climate change negotiations in Bali last December. ActionAid is working to ensure that this fund has the policies and structures in place to be just, equitable, and effective.
Overview: Climate Change
Jun 5, 2008
Climate change is one of the greatest obstacles to ending poverty and one of the gravest equity challenges of our time. While the richest countries in the world have been responsible for a disproportionate amount of global carbon emissions which cause global warming, it is the poorest countries in the world that are hit first and worst by climate change.
Climate Equity Campaign - Speakers Tour
Jun 2, 2008
Climate change threatens countries across the globe with droughts, flooding, and famine. Bold and immediate US leadership could help reduce worst impacts. ActionAid invites you to meet civil-society leaders from Nigeria and Indonesia to learn why the next US president must take action on climate change.
Creating a Climate of Change: Women, Nuclear Energy and Justice in a Warming World
Apr 9, 2008
Not all poor people will be affected equally climate change. Women, who make up 70 percent of the world’s poor, depend more than men on natural resources that are threatened by climate change. Poor women also lack access to and control over natural resources, technologies, and credit. As a result, they are more vulnerable to seasonal and episodic weather and to natural disasters resulting from climate change. Despite these injustices, women all over the world and been leading in creating innovative means to adapt to climate. Please join ActionAid and Nobel Peace Laureates Wangari Maathai and Jody WIlliams for a discussion of the impact of climate change on women. ActionAid works to ensure that women’s needs and capacities are at the forefront of the debate on climate change. Climate justice must not just take into account the unequal relationship between the north and the south. It must also address the ways in which women are particularly affected by climate change and to harness women’s unique ability to adapt to climate change.
Call for a New Trade Policy
Mar 20, 2008
No country has ever become developed by following a free-trade model from the outset. Yet the world’s richest countries continue to force the poorest countries to open their markets to global competition. Join ActionAid in the fight for trade policies that support sustainable development.
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