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March 15, 2009
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- Out of the Bunker: Time for a Fair Deal on Shipping Emissions
- Oxfam report on shipping emissions to raise funds and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- USAID’s Climate Change and Development Strategy: A major step in US climate change efforts globally, OxFam Blog 1.17.12
- This guest blog was written by David Waskow, climate change program director, and Heather Coleman, climate change senior policy analyst, Oxfam America. Kudos are in order to USAID for releasing its long-awaited climate change and development strategy. The strategy makes clear the agency’s commitment to tackling the climate challenge as a core part of its development agenda.
- 53 Members of Congress Call on Obama Administration to Pursue Ambitious Agenda at Durban Climate Change Summit, Oxfam America Press Release 11.22.11
- Washington D.C. – Just days before the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) summit in Durban, South Africa, 53 members of the House of Representatives have sent a letter to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner urging the Obama administration to pursue a just and ambitious agenda in the climate talks (see the full letter and list of signers below).
- Analysis of American Clean Energy & Security Act of 2009
- Oxfam America's April 2009 overview of the Waxman-Markey draft climate bill
- We agree: Don’t cut lifesaving foreign aid
- We agree: Don’t cut lifesaving foreign aid
- Broken food system and environmental crises spell hunger for millions. Oxfam launches global GROW campaign
- Oxfam Grow Press Release
- Oxfam: Historic House Climate Bill Passes First Test
- Oxfam America reacts of the passage of the American Clean Energy & Security Act through the House Energy & Commerce Committee on May 21, 2009.
- Oxfam: Statement on Waxman-Markey Climate Legislation
- Oxfam America reacts to the draft climate legislation introduced by Chairman Waxman and Chairman Markey on March 31, 2009.
- Oxfam: Welcomes Climate Bill, Urges Increased Support for Hardest Hit
- Statement from Oxfam America on Waxman-Markey bill released May 15, 2009.
- NGOs' Letter to the Senate - International Climate Investment
- Letter from faith-based, development, and environmental organizations urging Senate support for international investments to address the causes and consequences of a changing climate.
- Oxfam America’s Assessment of COP 16 and the Road Ahead
- GETTING BACK ON TRACK IN CANCUN
- High-Level UN Climate Advisory Group: Innovative Approaches Can Raise Needed Climate Funds
- Oxfam Press Release on AGF Report. 11.5.10
- Oxfam America: New Senate climate bil welcomed, greater investments in the resilience of the hardest hit needed now
- Climate change adaptation: Enabling people living in poverty to adapt
- Climate change is fast pushing the poorest and most marginalized communities beyond their capacity to respond. It sets out what is needed to enable people living in poverty to adapt to climate change, and a range of interventions that are available.
- Climate change adaptation: Enabling people living in poverty to adapt
- Climate change is fast pushing the poorest and most marginalized communities beyond their capacity to respond. It sets out what is needed to enable people living in poverty to adapt to climate change, and a range of interventions that are available.
- Climate Change, Costs of Inaction
- The June 26, 2008 testimony of James R. Lyons, VP Policy & Comm, Oxfam, before the House Energy and Commerce Committee
- OXFAM America Reaction to SOTU
- Oxfam America's Reaction to Obama's climate policy statements in the 2010 State of the Union address.
- Climate Change and Security Fact Sheets
- Oxfam's fact sheet details how water, food, health, land, and other resources are being effected by global warming in terms of global stability and security. Solutions to under threat resources, such as adaptation projects, are proposed.
- Oxfam Analysis of Poznan Conference Outcomes
- From analysis: "The conference in Poznan was meant to be a key milestone between the start of negotiations in Bali last year and their conclusion at Copenhagen next year. But it has exposed a shameful lack of progress."
- Exposed: Social Vulnerability and Climate Change in the US Southeast
- Oxfam report that visually maps out climate impacts and vulnerable populations identified in 13 southeastern states (from Arkansas to Virginia). The study overlays climate hazards (flooding, hurricane winds, drought, and sea level rise) in these states with key social variables (such as wealth, race, age, gender) that influence a population’s capacity to prepare for and recover from climate-related disasters
- What Business Groups & Investors Have to Say About International Climate Investments
- Energy and climate principles that Oxfam America related business groups and investors support.
- Oxfam: Obama Announcement Adds to Copenhagen Momemtum
- “For months, President Obama stated his personal commitment to tackling climate change at the global level. Today, he signaled that he’s ready to roll up his sleeves to make a climate change deal happen."
- Oxfam Fact Sheet: Climate Change & Security
- Oxfam fact sheet on how severe weather effects of climate change will jeopardize the fundamentals we need for stable, secure lives: the water we drink, the food we eat, the health services that protect us from disease, even the land we live on.
- Oxfam Welcomes Climate Bill as a Step Toward Addressing Needs of the Hardest Hit
- Press release from Oxfam America in support of the introduction of Senate climate and energy legislation.
- Oxfam Reacts to Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Passage of Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act
- Press release from Oxfam America on November 5, 2009 with statements from Raymond Offenheiser, president of Oxfam America, with reaction to S. 1733 passing the Senate EPW Committee.
- What Business & Investors Groups Have to Say About International Climate Investments
- An two-page fact sheet by Oxfam America outlining the positions of major business groups that support strong action to combat climate change.
- Adaptation 101
- A 2008 Oxfam report on how climate change hurts poor communities -- and how we can help.
- The New Adaptation Marketplace: Climate Change and Opportunities for Green Economic Growth
- Fact sheet from Oxfam America that summarizes the potential for green economy growth in the U.S. based on companies that provide services associated with adaptation to climate change, including water management, agriculture, energy supply, disaster preparedness, insurance, coastal and natural resource management, and climate change information and consultation services.
- Oxfam Reacts to Passage of ACES Through House
- On June 26, Oxfam America reacts to the passage of the American Clean Energy & Security Act through the House.
