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Guterres’ final COP speech is a wake-up call for real action on fossil fuels, says ActionAid
Antonio Guterres’ last ever COP opening speech brought his on-brand mix of fire, backbone and poetry in calling out fossil lobbyists’ efforts to derail climate action in the face of the collapsing
ActionAid calls on governments at COP31 to invest in survival and move past empty rhetoric
Ahead of COP31, ActionAid has warned governments that continued inaction on climate spells doom for communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis. The world cannot afford another round of empty
ActionAid responds to International Monetary Fund and World Bank Annual Meetings in Bangkok
As the World Bank and IMF Annual Meetings draw to a close, ActionAid provides the following reactions: on the themes of debt, the impact on women and economic reform:
ActionAid 'deeply alarmed' by US government’s sanctions on the International Criminal Court
In response to the Trump administration's unprecedented step to impose sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC), Arthur Larok, ActionAid International’s Secretary General, said: "ActionAid
Gaza ceasefire exists in name only, say more than 100 organisations
One year since the ceasefire agreement, more than 1,400 people have been killed by Israeli forces in Gaza, nearly two million still need shelter, not a single hospital is fully functioning, and 1.4
Climate-vulnerable countries spend nearly 25 times more on debt than on climate action, new ActionAid report finds
Debt is blocking climate action, and breaking the debt trap is one of the most powerful and achievable solutions within reach.
ActionAid warns against pinning hopes on “technologies that suck” CO2, calls for real funding and radical transformation
Responding to UNEP's climate report "Limiting Overshoot - Narrowing exceedance of 1.5°C and pathways towards return" published today, Teresa Anderson, Global Lead on climate justice at ActionAid
Ceuta must be a wake-up call on harmful migration policies, ActionAid warns
ActionAid is deeply concerned by the needless loss of life following the recent events at the Spain–Morocco border in Ceuta. Civil society organisations have reported roughly 100 deaths and thousands
‘A double tragedy’: ActionAid hears from displaced families battling Ebola and conflict in the DRC
Amid the evolving nature of the Ebola virus outbreak in Ituri Province, ActionAid has heard from internally displaced people living in camps about how the virus and the armed conflict are impacting
The IMF still functions as a colonial 'debt enforcer' despite transformation rhetoric, new report reveals
Arthur Larok, the Secretary General of ActionAid, said, "The IMF’s recipe book is completely outdated. By forcing lower-income nations to squeeze public workers, cut social spending, and prioritise
