#oxfam

[liesmyth]

The richest 1% of humanity is responsible for more carbon emissions than the poorest 66%, with dire consequences for vulnerable communities and global efforts to tackle the climate emergency, a report says.

The most comprehensive study of global climate inequality ever undertaken shows that this elite group, made up of 77 million people including billionaires, millionaires and those paid more than US$140,000 (£112,500) a year, accounted for 16% of all CO2 emissions in 2019 – enough to cause more than a million excess deaths due to heat, according to the report.

Twelve billionaires’ climate emissions outpollute 2.1m homes, analysis finds

#climate crisis #oxfam #carbon emissions #can't believe I'm here stressing over washing my fucking table towels vs. using paper towels #and some fuckers are out there mining bitcoin 24/7

[mysharona1987]

#Elon musk #capitalism #socialism #democrats #republicans #politics #jeff bezos #oxfam

[probablyasocialecologist]

Rich G7 nations owe poor ones an estimated $13 trillion in unpaid development aid as well as support in the fight against climate change, British charity Oxfam says.

Instead of fulfilling their obligations, the International Group of Seven nations and their banks are demanding debt repayments of $232m per day, the organisation said on Wednesday.

“Wealthy G7 countries like to cast themselves as saviours but what they are is operating a deadly double standard – they play by one set of rules while their former colonies are forced to play by another,” Oxfam’s interim Executive Director Amitabh Behar said in a statement.

“It’s the rich world that owes the Global South: the aid they promised decades ago but never gave, the huge costs from climate damage caused by their reckless burning of fossil fuels, the immense wealth built on colonialism and slavery.”

Developed countries promised in 2009 to transfer $100bn annually between 2020 and 2025 to vulnerable states hit by increasingly severe climate-linked impacts and disasters – but that target was never met.

[...]

Oxfam said the G7 leaders are meeting as billions of workers face pay cuts and steep price rises.

“Global hunger has risen for a fifth consecutive year, while extreme wealth and extreme poverty have increased simultaneously for the first time in 25 years,” it said.

The G7 is home to 1,123 billionaires with a combined wealth of $6.5 trillion, and their wealth has grown in real terms by 45 percent over the past 10 years, noted Oxfam.

Carbon emissions from rich nations are estimated to have caused $8.7 trillion in losses and damage to low and middle-income countries, the charity added.

“The G7 must pay its debts. This is not about goodwill or charity – it is a moral obligation,” Behar said.

#inequality #global south #ecologically unequal exchange #capitalism #oxfam

[soon-palestine]

Oxfam experts, together with cocoa farmers, will be at the World Cocoa Conference in Brussels (21-24 April), taking place against a backdrop of unprecedented production shortfalls and skyrocketing cocoa prices, which topped $11,000 per metric ton for the first time.

Chocolate giants have already raised prices for consumers to offset rising cocoa costs and, despite years of soaring profits and massive payouts to shareholders, have consistently pushed back on anything that could reduce their profit margins. New Oxfam analysis has found: - Lindt, Mondelēz, and Nestlé together raked in nearly $4 billion in profits from chocolate sales in 2023. Hershey’s confectionary profits totaled $2 billion last year. - The four corporations paid out on average 97 percent of their total net profits to shareholders in 2023. - The collective fortunes of the Ferrero and Mars families, who own the two biggest private chocolate corporations, surged to $160.9 billion during the same period. This is more than the combined GDPs of Ghana and Ivory Coast, which supply most cocoa beans.

Decades of low prices have made farmers poorer and hampered their ability to hire workers or invest in their farms, limiting bean yield. Old cocoa trees are particularly vulnerable to disease and extreme weather. Many farmers are abandoning cocoa for other crops, or selling their land to illegal miners.

Speaking ahead of the conference, Oxfam’s Policy Advisor Bart Van Besien said: “It’s ironic —the cocoa price explosion could have been averted if corporations had paid farmers a fair price and helped them make their farms more resilient to extreme weather. And it’s hypocritical —chocolate giants are paying high prices now that the market demands it, but have pushed back every single time that cocoa farmers have. The only way forward is fairly rewarding farmers for their hard work.”

And Ismael Pomasi, Chairman of Ghana’s Cocoa Abrabopa Association, said: "Nothing is more demotivating —all my hard work on the farm barely pays off. Between battling pests and the drought that is killing my cocoa trees, I'm really struggling. I wish I could afford irrigation. If the multibillion-dollar chocolate industry paid fair prices for cocoa, I could actually tackle these problems and make a decent living."

Oxfam spokespersons and farmers available for interviews in Brussels:Nana Kwasi Barning Ackay, project officer at SEND Ghana and Coordinator of the Ghana Civil Society Cocoa Platform (GCCP) (English) Ismael Pomasi, Chairman of Ghana’s Cocoa Abrabopa Association (English) Anouk Franck, Policy Advisor on Business and Human Rights, Oxfam Novib (Dutch, English) Bart Van Besien, Policy Advisor, Oxfam Belgium (Dutch, English, French)

Key dates: Oxfam spokespersons and farmers will come together to hand out chocolate produced by Ghana’s Women in Cocoa Cooperative (Cocoa Mmaa), and will be available for interviews and photos. 7:30-9:00am CET on 22 April at Place d’Albertine, in front of the World Cocoa Conference.

#Oxfam #cococa beans #nestlé #brussels

[feminismisstillahatemovement]

I've seen my local Oxfam charity shop, that I've gone to for years, become more and more politicized and woke: it's a charity specifically set up so that people can donate towards helping relieve starvation around the world, but for years now there have been transgender flags up in the window all year round, feminist postcards prominently on display, and the words "helping empower women" permanently painted on the shop banner. The Ukraine flags from last year are still up in the window but now they've been joined by posters saying "Support [Hamas-run] Palestine!"

All I wanted to do was drop off some books and clothes that could maybe be used to help starving people of all kinds get some food to eat, but to do so now actually means I have to take a side in two ongoing international wars, support the sterilizing and castration of children, and fund a sexist political agenda that insists on giving aid to women before men.

I'm really going to have to find a better charity to donate to, one not infested with modern identity politics, if there is one.

#oxfam #wokesfam

[vyorei]

#free gaza #free palestine #gaza strip #irish solidarity with palestine #palestine #gaza #news on gaza #al jazeera #boycott israel #israel #USA #Oxfam

[laurenmitchellwrites]

A heap of my description vanished on the Redbubble preview, so I wanted to put it somewhere safe.

COVID is not over. But neither is comedy.

The Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) is one of the highlights of my year. Before COVID, and Melbourne's shutdown, I would go almost every night after work and see dozens of shows. When COVID came onto the scene in 2020, I was one of the people who asked MICF if we would be able to opt to give the costs of our tickets to the artists instead of receiving refunds.

I ventured out between lockdowns when it was held in a much more subdued fashion to see some of my die-hard favourites. In 2023, I planned my schedule to ensure plenty of time outside between shows, away from crowds, and masked at every show. I was cautious as hell, as were friends who I attended with, and yet I had an absolute blast—and I didn't get sick.

COVID is not over. But neither is comedy. I designed this work to showcase that feeling of joy I still get from attending live comedy, while also remaining mindful of the risks, in hopes that other people will enjoy this design as well.

I purchased the original stock art of the laughing people from iStock (credit: jesadaphorn) and added the masks myself in Photoshop, also recolouring some of the people to reflect the diversity in MICF performers and audiences.

I don't know what, if any, profit I will make from this, but I will donate 10% of any profit I earn to Oxfam, selected due to its ties to MICF and its COVID-19 response.

Thank you for reading and for considering this design. It came from the heart.

#comedy #art #masks #micf #covid-19 #covid is not over #comedy is not over #pandemic #coronavirus #melbourne international comedy festival #my art #my design #oxfam australia #oxfam #covid safer practices #covid safety #lauren arts as well as writes

[straayheeart]

I don’t want to wake up from this dream..🕯️

my ig: https://www.instagram.com/mavistudyblr/

m🤍

#oxford #oxfam #oxford university #study buddy #studygram #dark academia #light academia #academia aesthetic #study motivation #english lit student #english

[warpofconfusion]

Hi everyone.

Today is New Years Eve 2023. So far over 20,000 Palestinians have been killed by Israel, a number which continues to climb with no sign of slowing down. Almost 2,000,000 people have been forced from their homes, and have little access to basic human needs such as food and shelter. These war crimes must end.

Please join your local protest group, or write to your government, to demand a full and permanent ceasefire. You can also donate to the Gaza Crisis Appeal at oxfam.org.uk/oxfam-in-action/current-emergencies/gaza-crisis-appeal

Thank you all for reading. I understand that this isn’t the sort of thing I normally post, but none of us should stay silent in the face of genocide.

Free Palestine.

#free palestine #palestine #israel #ceasefire now #ceasefire #oxfam #ipsc

[plus-low-overthrow]

Peggy Lee - The Glory of Love (World Record Club)

#Peggy Lee #The Glory of Love #nelson riddle #jump for joy #world record club #oxfam #easy listening #jazz

[news4dzhozhar]

#the US is complicit in genocide and war crimes #denmark #germany #canada #australia #france #the UK is complicit in genocide and war crimes #there is no flag large enough to cover the shame of killing innocent people #apartheid #save palestine #ethnic cleansing #israel is an apartheid state #seek truth #free palestine 🇵🇸 #genocide #illegal occupation #israel is committing genocide #israeli war crimes #military industrial complex #stop funding genocide #spread awareness #repost #iof terrorism #israeli lies #propaganda kills #israel is not the victim #israel is a terrorist state #we will never forget #stand with palestine #oxfam

[suprememayobros2]

I work for oxfam and i am close to being let go, partially due to me coming off as rude

What, pray tell, am i doing to come off as rude? Literally nothing.

I walk in, say hi, do my job (a job that i do alone i'd like to point out. Not one that requires me working directly with other people or interacting with the public) say goodbye and leave.

But because i'm not going out my way to start conversations i really don't care about having at all. The neurotypical bastards I work with see that as being equivalent to telling them to fuck off and die apparently.

I'd say it's quite selfish to A, force someone into a conversation they don't want, B, decide said person is rude when they don't go out of their way to start that unwanted conversation and C. DECIDE THAT'S A GOOD ENOUGH REASON TO FUCKING SACK THEM.

The equality act may as well not exist because the employer will just find a bullshit excuse to fire you regardless, even if they dress it up as "you were being rude by saying absolutely fuck all"

Let it be known Oxfam is ableist and it can go fuck itself

#ableism #oxfam #charity #autism #actually autistic #aspergers #autism discrimination

[llyfrenfys]

The magic Oxfam has struck again! Whenever I go in here I always find either a source or something really cool and obscure, like this.

#cymru #sosialaeth #oxfam #it's the oxfam bookshop by the little Tescos in Aberystwyth btw #on North Parade

[celebratingwomen]

Felicity Jones for Oxfam Second Hand

#felicity jones #actress #actor #model #magazine #photoshoot #fashion #style #famous #celebrity #hair #makeup #oxfam #oxfam secondhand

[vyorei]

AT LEAST HALF A MILLION PALESTINIANS ARE TRAPPED IN OCCUPIER-SURROUNDED GAZA CITY.

500,000.

#free gaza #free palestine #gaza strip #irish solidarity with palestine #palestine #gaza #news on gaza #al jazeera #boycott israel #israel #Gaza City #Oxfam #Alhasan Swairjo

[eelhound]

"An Oxfam analysis with the Stockholm Environment Institute found the following:

The per capita [carbon] emissions of someone in the top 1 percent is 100 times higher than someone in the bottom 50 percent, and 35 times higher than the target for 2030.

Since 1990, the richest 5 percent was responsible for over a third of the growth in total emissions. The top 1 percent was responsible for more than the whole of the bottom 50 percent.

For about 20 percent of the human population — corresponding to the working and lower-middle classes in rich countries, mainly — per capita emissions actually fell from 1990 to 2015...

Looking at the emissions of different income groups and the nature of those emissions has the potential to transform climate policymaking. To maintain any level of fairness, the richest must make by far the biggest cuts to their emissions. This is true in both rich and developing countries.

This means, for example, that we should have not a flat carbon tax but a progressive carbon tax: the more carbon you use, the higher the tax you pay. Polluting investments should have additional punitive taxation put on them or, better still, simply be banned. Luxury goods and private jets should be heavily taxed or heavily restricted. Each national action to tackle climate should be taken progressively, in ways that make the richest, highest emitters shoulder most of the cost, and in turn contribute to increasing equality, not inequality.

General increases in taxes on the richest and on wealth, as well as other moves to rapidly reduce inequality, also take on a whole new climate imperative. Our planet simply cannot afford the very rich."

- Max Lawson, from "The Rich Are the Ones Burning the Planet." Jacobin, 10 October 2022.

#max lawson #quote #quotations #eat the rich #oxfam #stockholm environment institute #climate policy #carbon tax #carbon emissions #economics #climate change #climate crisis #inequality #fossil fuels #environmentalism #capitalism