Policy update

Oxfam's analysis of policy developments on all the big issues.

For a Safer Tomorrow - Protecting Civilians in a Multipolar World

30 September 2008

On September 29th Oxfam published a new report which suggests the major shift in global power provides an opportunity to protect all civilians from genocide and other atrocities. For a...

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EU reduces 2020 biofuels target

14 September 2008

Members of the European Parliament voted on 11 September to substantially reduce the EU's targets on biofuels . The vote by the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, to reduce...

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Climate Wrongs and Human Rights: Oxfam's "groundbreaking" new report

12 September 2008

On Tuesday (9 September), Oxfam released a new report, Climate Wrongs and Human Rights: Putting people at the heart of climate-change policy, which argues that in failing to tackle climate...

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