Campaign blog entries tagged with 'UN'

Cash needed to avert climate disasters – Feb 2

Last year the EU, one of the worst polluters, acknowledged that rich nations would have to cut emissions first and fastest and help poorer nations to adapt to the... more

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Rich countries put on a poor show in Poznan – Dec 16

The United Nations (UN) climate change conference drew to a close in Poznan last weekend, and - as you'll be able to see by the last video (embedded above)... more

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Message to UN climate talks: Delay kills – Dec 12

Oxfam's Theo Ratcliff reports from Poland, where we're waiting for the outcome of crucial climate change talks. So I'm sitting down to write today's blog, with my socks on... more

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Big names call for big international climate deal – Dec 11

David Attenborough, Scarlett Johansson, Angelique Kidjo, Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Tutu. Just four names of the nineteen actors, musicians, broadcasters, writers, activists and public figures who have co-signed an open... more

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While the EU fumbles, ice sculptures call for climate action – Dec 10

We're into the all-important last three days of United Nations climate talks. It's at this point that government ministers - the people with the power to make decisions about... more

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In video: a week of climate campaigning in Poland – Dec 8

We're halfway through crucial climate change negotiations in Poznan, Poland, and at this point we thought we'd pause and take a moment to look at what's happened in the... more

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Ever needed to evacuate your home 25 times?... – Dec 4

...Some people in Bangladesh have. Now imagine you live in Bangladesh. Floods have always been a normal part of your life, but recently, things have started become much worse.... more

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People, planning and action: what we're calling for in Poland – Dec 2

Climate campaigner Charlie Powell explains the outcomes Oxfam wants to see from UN climate negotiations. After months of preparation, United Nations climate change talks officially got underway yesterday. And... more

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Countdown to crucial climate talks begins – Nov 24

With the launch of our latest online action, Oxfam's countdown to United Nation's climate talks officially got underway today. In less than a fortnight's time, government advisors, scientists, big business,... more

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Can we control It? Yes we can! – Nov 4

While US election celebrations continue, we've got a victory of our own to announce. After ongoing pressure as part of the Control Arms campaign, an overwhelming majority of UN... more

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Keeping the pressure on in New York – Sep 26

After the initial buzz surrounding the opening day of the UN MDG summit in New York yesterday, today we have some positive progress to report. In an announcement that arrived... more

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Final intense campaigning for Bali climate deal – Dec 14

It's the last push, the final furlong, the last day of two weeks of incredible campaigning. As the final meetings of the UN climate change talks overrun their deadline and... more

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People from around the world tell UN, "It's up to UNow" – Dec 12

With just three days left until the UN climate change conference closes, the Oxfam team in Bali have continued to ramp up the campaigning another gear. A special photographic exhibition... more

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A busy 48 hours in Bali – Dec 12

Time doesn't stand still for very long at the Bali UN conference. In fact - reading all the posts on the Oxfam International Bali blog - new news probably becomes... more

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Climate crunch time as UN talks move into final week – Dec 10

While some of us spent this weekend munching down mince pies, or lying in bed dreaming up a Christmas list, on the other side of the world there was little... more

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If you go down to the UN today, be sure of a big surprise... – Dec 6

It was hot hot hot in Bali this morning, so spare a thought for Oxfam's Polar Bears, who made a special visit to the United Nations Climate Change Conference. The... more

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Rising sea levels and relocation – Dec 5

Just three days into the UN Climate Conference in Bali, and it'd be easy to get lost in the mass of news articles, reports and blogs that are being churned... more

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Campaigners battle through the heat in Bali – Dec 4

As day two at the Bali Climate Conference draws to a close, the Oxfam team are uncomfortably hot, a little bit sweaty in the tropical heat, and working a rather... more

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This could be the start of something big – Dec 3

This is it. It's make or break, it's crunch time, the start of something very big. The United Nations has today begun two weeks of its annual climate change conference,... more

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Partying to fight climate poverty – Nov 26

Campaigning to end extreme poverty doesn't have to be about writing letters to your MP, or going on demonstrations in the pouring rain. In fact, unusual as it might sound,... more

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Bears, Bicycles and Balloons in Bali – Nov 16

What comes to mind when you think of an Indonesian island? Hot, remote and isolated sandy beaches? Coral reef scuba diving? Visions of health and nature? Bali - one of... more

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