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World on track for 2.4˚C of warming despite raft of new net zero pledges at COP26

ActionAid responds as the Climate Action Tracker warns that the world is headed to at least 2.4˚C of warming and net zero targets are ‘just lip service to real climate action’.

COP26: Governments need to get on with making change not noise

On Nature Day at COP26, ActionAid responds as 45 countries including the UK pledge to protect biodiversity and cut emissions from agriculture. Read the response here.

COP26 week 1: All glitzy announcements and no real action

ActionAid International has summed up the first week of COP 26 as being all style and no substance. Read their our week one summary here.

A flooded causeway in El Salvador

We have to stop cheerleading the climate criminals

ActionAid International has responded to Presidents Biden’s launch of Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate (AIM 4 Climate) at the UN COP26 summit. Read our opinion here.

ActionAid responds to the shocking level of exclusion at COP26

It's shocking that so much of civil society is excluded from observing the COP 26 climate negotiations. Here's what ActionAid International has to say.

Five climate justice benchmarks for a successful COP26

ActionAid has identified five key climate justice benchmarks that must be met if the COP 26 climate summit is to be successful. Read more about them here.

A flood in Bangladesh caused by the climate crisis
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Over 300 civil society organisations demand COP26 delivers finance for climate damages

More than 300 civil society organisations - including Climate Action Network, ActionAid International, Amnesty International, Greenpeace (global), WWF, 350.org, ITUC and PACJA - have sent an open

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ActionAid condemns Israel’s decision to label six Palestinian human rights groups ‘terrorist organisations’

On October 19, 2021, the Israeli Defense Ministry issued a military order declaring six Palestinian civil society organisations in the Occupied Palestinian Territory(oPt) to be labelled as “terrorist

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Climate finance delivery plan ‘bare minimum’ needed to build trust in COP26

ActionAid responds to the launch of the UK COP Presidency’s plans to ensure countries deliver on their pledge, made in 2009, to provide $100billion a year in climate finance from 2020 to 2025.

ActionAid launches citizens’ campaign for a ban on fossil fuel advertising in Europe

ActionAid is joining more than twenty organisations in the first ever Europe-wide campaign calling for a ban on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorships in the European Union.

Gas flares from a fossil fuel facility located in the Niger Delta