Tag: Oxfam

Report reveals climate colonialism entrenching inequality and human rights violations The UK and other “advanced economies” are benefiting from cheaper clean energy investment, while countries in the Global South face inflated costs, according to a new Oxfam report. The UK renewables and electric vehicle industry supply chains are heavily dependent on minerals from countries in the Global South who are not getting a fair share of the profits. Although Global South countries hold roughly 70% of transition minerals reserves, most investments in renewable energy are in the Global North (50%)…

By 2050, the fashion industry is on course to produce 138 billion items of unworn clothes every year – enough to almost reach from the Earth to Mars and back, and equivalent to nearly four outfits for every person on the planet – new analysis from Oxfam reveals. The findings mark the start of Oxfam’s annual Second Hand September campaign fronted this year by actor and advocate Jameela Jamil. Oxfam is calling on people to make a statement about the kind of world they want to live in by choosing…

We the undersigned unequivocally condemn the murder of Charlie Kirk and all forms of political violence. There is simply no place for such actions in the United States. Political violence has targeted those of every political persuasion and of no political persuasion. It is un-American and wrong to use this act of violence as a pretext for weaponizing the government to threaten nonprofit and charitable organizations, other perceived adversaries, or any class of people. They did not commit this murder, and the vast powers of the government should not be…