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Nick Smith Tries To Redefine The Word “Fair”
Thursday, 17 December 2009, 2:57 pm | Oxfam NZ
As Heads of State arrive in Copenhagen, the climate talks are in crisis – rather than having a few key issues to be resolved by Ministers, almost the whole agenda has been kicked up to the political level. More >>
Tuvalu Action In Copenhagen
Monday, 14 December 2009, 3:46 pm | Oxfam NZ
Tuvalu is calling for a discussion on what form the final deal from Copenhagen will take. The small island state has put forward a proposal for a new protocol – in addition to the Kyoto Protocol – to include commitments from the US. More >>
Oxfam: The price of success in Copenhagen
Monday, 7 December 2009, 3:12 pm | Oxfam NZ
The difference between success and failure in Copenhagen could be whether warm words are backed up by the funding to protect vulnerable people from climate change and help developing countries reduce their emissions. Credible estimates put the total ... More >>
Developing Countries Rebuff Push For Climate Delay
Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 4:27 pm | Oxfam NZ
Recent attempts by rich countries to postpone a binding climate agreement hit the rocks at a meeting of Environment Ministers in Copenhagen yesterday, as vulnerable developing countries made clear that delay was not an option. The two day meeting ... More >>
UN-Backed Talks Between Cypriot Leaders
Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 1:49 pm | Oxfam NZ
Property issues were once again the focus as Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders met today to continue United Nations-backed reunification talks. More >>
Working with vulnerable farmers
Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 1:48 pm | Oxfam NZ
Worldwide, 1.7 billion small-scale farmers and pastoralists are highly vulnerable to climate change impacts. They live on marginal rural lands characterised by conditions such as low rainfall, sloping terrain, fragile soils, and poor market access, primarily ... More >>
Denmark's Push For Delay In Copenhagen
Wednesday, 18 November 2009, 1:46 pm | Oxfam NZ
Rcent attempts by rich countries to postpone a binding climate agreement hit the rocks at a meeting of Environment Ministers in Copenhagen yesterday, as vulnerable developing countries made clear that delay was not an option. More >>
Oxfam Responds To Emergencies In Samoa & East Asia
Wednesday, 30 September 2009, 4:31 pm | Oxfam NZ
Oxfam is accepting donations for our rapid response emergency fund online at www.oxfam.org.nz, by phone 0800 400 666, or to make an automatic $20 donation, please call 0900 600 20. More >>
Negotiators Must Move Beyond Rhetoric On Climate
Monday, 28 September 2009, 10:13 am | Oxfam NZ
Governments must move beyond the rhetoric of the past few days to quicken the pace of global climate change negotiations which begin in Bangkok on Monday September 28, or risk plunging millions of people further into poverty, Oxfam International ... More >>
'John Key' gets the Global Climate Wake Up Call
Tuesday, 22 September 2009, 10:07 am | Oxfam NZ
The Prime Minister of New Zealand made a special appearance in Auckland today, sleeping in the shadow of the Town Hall clock tower. As the crowd urged him to wake up and stop sleepwalking us further into a climate crisis, John got out of bed and sang ... More >>
'John Key' Gets the Global Climate Wake up Call
Monday, 21 September 2009, 4:06 pm | Oxfam NZ
Today is the Global Wake Up Call on climate change, with over 2300 events in 130 countries urging Heads of State to show leadership at the UN General Assembly climate summit in New York. The events are part of the Tck Tck Tck campaign, a consortium ... More >>
Oxfam To Government: This Is Not A Fair Target
Tuesday, 11 August 2009, 3:50 pm | Oxfam NZ
Today the Government announced New Zealand's target for greenhouse gas emissions reductions by the year 2020. This is the target that will be submitted to the UN negotiations on a post-2012 climate treaty. Despite the call for scientifically-based ... More >>
NZ at Arms Trade Treaty meeting in NY
Friday, 17 July 2009, 11:32 am | Oxfam NZ
Thousands of people are killed, injured, raped, and forced to flee from their homes as a result of the unregulated global arms trade. A legally binding Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) has the potential to ease the suffering caused by irresponsible transfers of ... More >>
Oxfam NZ Launches Pakistan Emergency Appeal
Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 2:14 pm | Oxfam NZ
Massive needs set to escalate as people continue to flee fighting in Pakistan. Oxfam New Zealand has today launched a Pakistan emergency appeal, calling on the New Zealand public to respond generously and help raise $150,000 for its humanitarian programme ... More >>
Calls For NZ To Level Playing Field On Trade Deal
Thursday, 7 May 2009, 11:09 am | Oxfam NZ
Pacific trade ministers and officials have been invited to a meeting with their Australian and New Zealand counterparts in Auckland this weekend to discuss a new regional trade deal, dubbed PACER-Plus. Any such trade deal will have enormous implications for ... More >>
Sea level rise spells disaster for world’s poorest
Wednesday, 11 March 2009, 1:46 pm | Oxfam NZ
New science which predicts a rise in sea level's of one metre or more by the end of the century would spell disaster for the some of the world's poorest people. The new forecasts, announced at an international meeting of climate scientists in Copenhagen, ... More >>
Politics and aid don’t mix: Oxfam
Tuesday, 10 March 2009, 8:46 am | Oxfam NZ
Oxfam New Zealand is calling for the Foreign Minister, Murray McCully, to ensure that New Zealand’s aid dollars continue to be managed well and benefit the poor. Proposed changes to NZAID, the government's aid programme, threaten to tie aid to ... More >>
Oxfam New Zealand Launches Emergency Gaza Appeal
Tuesday, 13 January 2009, 1:18 pm | Oxfam NZ
Oxfam New Zealand has today launched an emergency appeal for the humanitarian crisis in Gaza that has now claimed more than 900 lives, almost 300 of which are estimated to be children. More >>
Progress in Poznan Hinges on Adaptation Finance
Thursday, 11 December 2008, 3:17 pm | Oxfam NZ
Poznan, Poland — As government Ministers arrive today at climate change talks in Poznan, international agency Oxfam called on them to kick start stalled negotiations to secure a deal by Copenhagen in 2009. More >>
Air New Zealand Using Bully Tactics In The Pacific
Wednesday, 29 October 2008, 10:23 am | Oxfam NZ
Air New Zealand´s threat to cut a vital link to US markets for small Pacific Island nations if they refuse to pay steep increases in subsidies goes against the New Zealand Government´s commitment to support economic development in the Pacific, international ... More >>
