Digital collage featuring climate activist Elizabeth created for Oxfam by Nigerian visual artist Alexis Chivir-Ter Tsegba.
We need trust and solidarity to collectively solve the nature and climate crisis we're facing.”
Kenyan climate activist Elizabeth Wathuti.
Climate Action
The climate crisis isn't in the future, it's here now. Pushing people deeper into poverty. Polluters must pay for the damage they've caused. So all of us can thrive.
What is Climate Justice?
In our unequal world, the rights of a few to profit from pollution is being protected while the rest of us pay the price.
The world-over, millions of us are speaking out about this injustice. We are calling for climate justice, led by those facing the worst of the climate crisis right now.
The front page Image: Max van Woerkom/ Oxfam
The richest 1% emit as much planet-heating pollution as two-thirds of humanity says Oxfam's report Climate Equality: A Planet for the 99%, published ahead of the UN Climate Summit, COP28.
The true cost of luxury travel
Governments should ensure that those who pollute the most also pay the most. In the UK, a crucial first step should be the proper taxation of private jets and superyachts.
Join the call for fair taxation of luxury travel
Private jets and superyachts are some of the most polluting ways to travel, yet they fly under the radar when it comes to taxes.
Let’s tax extremely polluting luxury travel to fund urgent action on the climate crisis.
Global Agreements and why we need them
The climate crisis is a global crisis and no one country can solve this problem. We need to work together to be able to agree a way to thrive not just survive.
Every year there is are global meetings. The UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP) is a global conference where world leaders, civil society, companies, and activists gather to discuss the response to the climate crisis.
True life climate stories
Climate Witnesses
A video series inviting people across the world to share the experiences that made them realise the climate crisis is on their doorstep.
Oxfam x Waterbear
Oxfam and Waterbear present Climate Dispatches - a series to share urgent stories from three climate activists.
Climate Activists
We are collaborating with climate activists from around the world who are on the front lines of the fight against climate change.
Listen: Hali Hewa podcast
Listen to young energy expert and climate activist Abigael Kima on the Hali Hewa Podcast. Episode 1 features Elizabeth Wathuti, founder of the Green Generation Initiative.
Elizabeth Wathuti has worked with Oxfam and wrote an open letter to world leaders demanding that we Make Polluters Pay.
Andy Sewell
Act with communities for climate justice
- Join an Oxfam Student Network to take climate action at university.
- Download our School Education Resources.
- Lobby your MP by joining the Constituency Campaigner Programme.
A Changing Climate
Kenya, Ethiopia, Somalia and South Sudan produce 0.1% of global emissions.
The richest 10 percent of the world's population accounted for over half of the emissions added to the atmosphere between 1990 and 2015.
The money needed to help people affected by extreme weather-related emergencies like floods or drought is eight times higher than 20 years ago.