OXFAM MEDIA CALENDAR: November 2009 - January 2010 

2 November: OXFAM REPORT: Bolivia climate change report launched to coincide with the UNFCCC Intercessional meeting in Barcelona (below). Contact: Natalie Curtis on +44 (0)1865 472498 / +44 (0)7824 503108 or ncurtis@oxfam.org.uk

2-6 November: UNFCCC Intercessional meeting in Barcelona – Climate Change.
The last official climate negotiations before the Copenhagen Summit in December.  Oxfam is calling on world leaders to stop treating the climate negotiations like trade talks, step up and deliver firm commitments on cutting carbon emissions and money to help poor countries cope with climate change.  People from developing countries affected by climate change will also be available for interview in Barcelona. Contact: Natalie Curtis on +44 (0)1865 472498 / +44 (0)7824 503108 or ncurtis@oxfam.org.uk

6-7 November: G20 Finance Ministers meeting in St Andrews. Highlights include ongoing discussion of currency levy transactions “tobin tax”, tax haven regulation and money to help poor countries cope with climate change. Contact Jon Slater on +44(0)1865 472249, +44(0)7876 476403 or jslater@oxfam.org.uk

09 November: Launch of climate change E.doc – Between a Rock and a Hard Place. ‘Oxfam launches a landmark interactive e-documentary showing the devastating impact of climate change on a small community in Bangladesh’. Contact Sarah Brown on +447920 274 063, sabrown@oxfam.org.uk

16 November: OXFAM REPORT: “Cost of War in Afghanistan” Oxfam survey of the impact of conflict on lives of Afghan people. Contact Sean Kenny on +44 7766 443 506 or skenny@oxfam.org.uk

16 November: OXFAM “Poverty Footprint” briefing paper for business. Contact Sarah Dransfield on +44 7767 085 636 or sdransfield@oxfam.org.uk

18 November: Queen’s Speech opens UK Parliament 2009/2010 session.  Expected to include a Bill enshrining in law the overseas aid target of 0.7% of UK national income. Jon Slater on +44(0)1865 472249, +44(0)7876 476403 or jslater@oxfam.org.uk

November (date tbc): Helena Christensen Photographic Exhibition on Climate Change. Photographs taken by the model and photographer during a trip to Peru showing the human cost of climate change. London plays host to the photographs after having been exhibited in New York, en route to the UN climate talks in Copenhagen. Contact: Lucy Brinicombe on +44 (0)1865 472192,  +44(0)7786 110054 or lbrinicombe@oxfam.org.uk

November (date tbc): Oxfam launches “The Climate Challenge”: an innovative online game aimed at increasing public awareness on the problems and solutions in the climate change debate, featuring celebrities David Tennant (Dr Who), Mackenzie Crook (The Office), Ashley Jensen (Ugly Betty), Gabriel Garcia Bernal (Motorcycle Diaries), and Miranda Richardson (Harry Potter) who answer sets of questions under the control of the online player. Contact Lucy Brinicombe on +44(0)1865 472192 / +44 (0)7786 110054 / lbrinicombe@oxfam.org.uk

1 December: World AIDS Day: Oxfam will name and shame drug companies who are failing to pool patents to assist the fight against HIV and AIDS in developing countries. Contact: Jon Slater on +44(0)1865 472249, +44(0)7876 476403 or jslater@oxfam.org.uk

3 December: OXFAM Briefing Paper: Climate change and food security. Contact: Natalie Curtis on +44 (0)1865 472498 / +44 (0)7824 503108 or ncurtis@oxfam.org.uk

5 December: The Wave SCC Blue March in London and Glasgow. Thousands of people wearing blue will create a human wave as they march in London and Glasgow, calling on the UK government to ensure that the deal at Copenhagen prevents dangerous temperature rises and protects the world’s poorest who are already feeling the effects of climate change. Organised by the Stop Climate Chaos Coalition, of which Oxfam is a member. Contact: Lucy Brinicombe on +44 (0)1865 472192,  +44(0)7786 110054 or lbrinicombe@oxfam.org.uk 

7 – 18 December: COPENHAGEN 15 Summit on Climate Change.
Oxfam’s forward press briefing will be held on Dec 2 at the Foreign Press Association in Copenhagen, offering a number of high impact photo and filming opportunities, interviews with people affected by climate change from all regions of the world and experts in many different languages.  Our expert story gathering team can help organise trips for journalists working on broadcasts/ stories in the run up to Copenhagen. Contact: Natalie Curtis (in Copenhagen from December 7th) on +44 (0)1865 472498 / +44 (0)7824 503108 or ncurtis@oxfam.org.uk , or Lucy Brinicombe (in the UK) on +447786 110054 or lbrinicombe@oxfam.org.uk

26 December: Tsunami Anniversary: Aceh five years later. Contact Ian Bray on +44 7721 461 339 or ibray@oxfam.org.uk

9 January: OXFAM REPORT on the peace process in Sudan. Contact Rebecca Wynn on +447769 887 139 or rwynn@oxfam.org.uk

27 – 31 January: World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2010
Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. “Improve the State of the World: Rethink, Redesign, Rebuild.” Oxfam CEO Barbara Stocking is attending and will be available for interviews. Contact Jen Corlew on +44787 925 5705 or jcorlew@oxfam.org.uk

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