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FY14 International Climate Finance Letter to OMB

15 humanitarian, faith-based and environmental organizations sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget OMB) to urge continued support for bilateral and multilateral climate change finance investments.

Paradoxical COP

We’re heading into the final hours of what has been a paradoxical COP. On the one hand, it’s a transitional COP, a stepping stone for the process launched last year that’s supposed to lead to a comprehensive climate agreement in 2015. On the other hand, it’s a cliffhanger COP because the thee year Fast Start climate finance period that developed countries agreed to in Copenhagen in 2009 is coming to an end in several weeks and developing countries are uncertain about what happens next with finance to help them build climate resilience. As Oxfam has said, we’re facing a climate fiscal cliff.

NGO Opposition Letter to Thune Aviation Bill

NGO opposition to the Thune aviation bill (S.1956) in the House of Representatives.This bill would set a disturbing precedent by undermining the international rule of law. It would authorize the Secretary of Transportation to prohibit an operator of a civil aircraft of the United States from complying with this European aviation law.

CEOs Urge Obama to Recommit

Sixteen CEOs and senior staff of environmental, development, and faith-based NGOs call on the Obama Administration to recommit to the Global Climate Change Initiative and international climate finance at the upcoming climate change negotiations in Doha.

Senate Caves to Industry on Climate

The Senate passed the “Thune Bill” (S.1956) by unanimous consent making it illegal for the US airline industry to comply with EU regulations that cut carbon emissions. Read more of Heather Coleman's blog, linked below.

Value Chain Climate Resilience: A Guide to Managing Climate Impacts in Companies and Communities

This guide has been developed by companies and organizations engaged in the Partnership for Resilience and Environmental Preparedness (PREP) — a pilot partnership formed to address the risks and opportunities that climate change impacts pose to businesses and the communities on which they depend. One of the primary goals of PREP is to engage and inform good practice in companies as it relates to building climate resilience in partnership with communities.

G20 needs to get back to work

This year’s G20 Summit in Mexico just wrapped up with hugely disappointing results on the issues that Oxfam cares about, including food security and price volatility, innovative financing, and reducing inequality. G20 leaders were fixated on the ongoing European financial crisis and managed to barely skim the surface on critical environment and development issues. It’s a shame, given that there was a real opportunity to link these issues and associated outcomes to the ongoing Rio+20 conference on sustainable development in Brazil.

G20 needs to get back to work

This year’s G20 Summit in Mexico just wrapped up with hugely disappointing results on the issues that Oxfam cares about, including food security and price volatility, innovative financing, and reducing inequality. G20 leaders were fixated on the ongoing European financial crisis and managed to barely skim the surface on critical environment and development issues. It’s a shame, given that there was a real opportunity to link these issues and associated outcomes to the ongoing Rio+20 conference on sustainable development in Brazil.

A Winnable Agenda for Rio+20

A blog post from Oxfam America states its hope that governments, the US, in particular, will demonstrate resolve at Rio+20 to get things back on track. "While we know that binding agreements won’t be achieved or new significant sources of financing agreed to, governments can make progress towards addressing a series of critical development and environmental priorities."

Physical Risks From Climate Change

Companies are already experiencing business impacts from weather-related phenomena that climate change is expected to make more common and/or intense. Climate impacts, such as increasing temperatures, rising sea levels, changing weather patterns, and more frequent or intense droughts, floods, and storms, can pose serious challenges for company facilities, supply chains, employees, current and potential customers, and the communities on which companies depend.

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.