Over 250 teams walked 100 km in Taupo. Re-live the action in our live blog.
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Oxfam greatly saddened by passing of Nicki Wrighton
We advise with great sadness that Nicki Wrighton, Oxfam Board Member and Board Chair, passed away on March 30, 2014.
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Hot and hungry: How to stop climate change derailing the fight against hunger
How will climate change affect what we eat? Hunger is not and need never be inevitable. However climate change threatens to put back the fight to eradicate it by decades – and our global food system is woefully unprepared to cope with the challenge.
In the Pacific region, climate change could cause production of sweet potato in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands to decline more than 50 per cent by 2050, and maize in Vanuatu and Timor Leste to decline by 6 – 14 per cent by 2050.
In the face of this challenge, a new report from Oxfam analyses how well the world’s food system is prepared for the impacts of climate change.
In it, ten key factors that influence a country’s ability to feed its people in a warming world are assessed – including the quality of weather monitoring systems, social safety nets, agricultural research and adaptation finance.
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Open letter from chefs, activists, musicians
Today, the world’s top scientists published a devastating report on the impacts of climate change.
Climate change is already making it harder for millions to feed their families. Wild weather and unpredictable seasons are causing chaos for farmers. Food prices are going up. Food quality is going down.
Oxfam calculates climate change could put the fight against hunger back by decades. If we continue to let greenhouse gas emissions and temperatures rise we will hit a threshold – in our own lifetimes – beyond which the chance of ending hunger worldwide may be lost forever.
We will not stand by and watch this happen.
People all over the world are doing their bit to tackle climate change. Now governments and big business need to step up and play their part: reducing harmful greenhouse gas emissions, helping farmers adapt to changing weather, and ensuring there’s enough good food for everyone.
If we act together, and if we act now, we can stop climate change causing hunger and ensure our children and our grandchildren will always have enough to eat.
Join us at www.oxfam.org/foodclimatejustice
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- Food and climate justice: Open letter from chefs, activists, musicians
IPCC report released
IPCC final report concludes with heightened warning of severe climate impacts on food; Oxfam says time for inaction is over
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