Oxfam GB

Oxfam recognises the threat that climate change poses as well as the inequitable burden that poor communities and countries are already bearing. In response, Oxfam is actively developing its analysis and understanding to support changes in three areas:

   1. Relief: Consistent with its humanitarian mandate, Oxfam needs to ensure that increasing numbers of people living in poverty who are harmed by climate-related disasters have equitable and efficient access to relief; given the ethical dimensions of global climate change, the justification for such relief includes issues of justice as well as standard humanitarian principles of humanity, neutrality, and impartiality.
   2. Preparedness and adaptation: Many poor communities need support both to protect their lives and livelihoods from climate-related shocks and stresses, and to pro-actively adapt their livelihood strategies to the changing environmental conditions global warming brings. This requires additional funding through national and international frameworks as well as changes in the ways funds are used to ensure that poor people get the resources they’re entitled to and have a say in how they’re used.
   3. Mitigation: Consistent with Oxfam’s Approach, which includes tackling root causes of poverty, we support calls for strong political action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to prevent dangerous climate change. Oxfam also is committed to monitoring and reducing emissions associated with its own operations, including energy use and air travel.

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