Climate change - greater risk if you're poor
Though they contribute least to it, poor people will be hit first and hardest by climate change.
Eight years of drought in the last decade, Harvests halved in 2006. Oxfam's emergency food programme stopped hunger becoming starvation. Oxfam works to prepare poor communities around the world, and campaign for action.
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Climate change may spark conflict with Russia, EU told
Alert over scramble for control of energy resources in the ArcticIan Traynor...
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MPs call for rise in green taxes
Story from BBC NEWS:The UK Treasury has "continually demonstrated a lack of ambi...
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What’s Oxfam doing?
Oxfam is already helping people to cope with severe climate events worldwide – and plan for...
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Flirting with disaster
World leaders are failing to tackle global climate change. This is a major threat to all of us - ...
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Elaine Robinson joined the campaign (at 17:42 on 15 March 2009).
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Giles Robertson added the page Climate change may spark conflict with Russia, EU told (at 14:59 on 10 March 2008).
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Giles Robertson added the page MPs call for rise in green taxes (at 14:58 on 05 March 2008).