This weekend Climate Change Negotiations Minister Tim Groser will meet ministers from around the world at the Petersberg Climate Dialogue in Berlin, a crucial stepping stone on the way to the United Nations climate talks in Durban in December. International agency Oxfam is today calling on the Government to acknowledge that business as usual is not enough, either in Berlin or at home in New Zealand.
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The impact of Russia’s 2010 grain export ban
This report looks at the short- and long-term impact of the grain export ban issued by the Russian government during 2010-11. It shows that the ban did not bring food prices down in Russia, that it increased the price of grain internationally, and helped create an enviroment where price spikes and general instability are far more likely in the future. The report concludes with recommendations for alternative policies to increase food security in the future.
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April escapes the nightmare of human trafficking
Kus, Juri and April are from a very poor part of Lombok. They are just 15, 16 and 17 years old. Their families are uneducated and work the land.
Their village was approached by an agent of the human trafficking gangs (mafia) and the girls were offered “waitress training and work in a 5 star hotel”.
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Oxfam calls for access to volatile Sudan areas
As fighting continues around the border areas of Sudan and the soon-to-be independent Republic of South Sudan, international aid organisation Oxfam called upon all parties to cease hostilities and allow humanitarian access to affected civilians. Oxfam is particularly concerned about humanitarian access to Southern Kordofan, where the United Nations has estimated that over 70,000 people have fled the fighting between the Sudanese army and the SPLA and other armed groups.
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Living on a spike – how are high food prices actually experienced by people living in poverty?
Global food prices rose through much of 2010 and into early 2011. What does that mean for the lives of poor people in developing countries, who spend up to 80 per cent of their household income on food? This report investigates.
Europe should grasp opportunity for Robin Hood tax
A European tax on financial transactions would be fair, practical and popular and could raise as much as €210 billion to tackle poverty and climate change, according to a new report by international agency Oxfam.
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