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A man walks along an ever-eroding char (sand island) close to the town of Fulchuri Haat, Bangladesh. Credit: Tom Pietrasik/Oxfam

Novel partnerships in an era of global environmental change

Georgina Cundill Kemp

November 22nd, 2017 Climate Change, Research

The sustainability research community needs to develop new alliances if they want to have real impact argues Georgina Cundill Kemp, Senior Program Officer at the International Development Research Centre in …

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A practical tool for listening to the people that matter

Jessica Fullwood-Thomas

October 16th, 2017 Climate Change, General

Jessica Fullwood-Thomas introduces a new online tool by Oxfam, which can help practitioners to better listen to the viewpoints of the communities we’re working in.  TS Elliot famously said, ‘Where …

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Farmers at Ruti irrigation scheme, Gutu District, Masvingo Province (from left to right: Elastos Manyanga, Katinos Mudadi, Davison Chara, and Ipaishe Masvingise). Photo: Martin Walsh/Oxfam, December 2013

Love in the drylands, how irrigation is changing lives in Zimbabwe

Martin Walsh

October 5th, 2017 Climate Change, Drought, Food security, General

Climate change is placing increasing stress upon the livelihoods of people living in the world’s drylands. Smallholder irrigation can help improve food security in areas with unpredictable rainfall. Here Senior …

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Credit: Adam Patterson/Oxfam

Embracing transformation in the face of climate change

Jessica Fullwood-Thomas

September 18th, 2017 Climate Change

Researchers and development practitioners need to think big in the face of irreversible climate change argues Jessica Fullwood-Thomas. There is no doubt that we are now past the tipping point …

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Daw Ah Nu lives in a flood affected area of Myanmar and has been involved in range of Oxfam activities to build resilience. Credit: Dustin Barter/Oxfam 2016

Disaster insurance: propaganda or the future of aid?

Anna Warwick

July 24th, 2017 Climate Change, Disasters

Could disaster insurance be the future of aid? Anna Warwick summarises the debate on the role of insurance to build resilience in disaster prone areas. From one of the sessions …

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Water supply system in Armenia.

Decision-making for an uncertain future

Dr Lisa Horrocks

July 21st, 2017 Climate Change

Lisa Horrocks, Principal Climate Resilience Consultant at Mott MacDonald, comments on some initiatives tackling the issue around long term climate change solutions.  Wherever we are in the world, economic development requires …

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Working with communities in Senegal to build resilience against climate change. Credit: Rosalind Cornforth

We need to flip science on its head

Rosalind Cornforth

July 4th, 2017 Climate Change

In her opening speech at the Resilient Solutions symposium Professor Rosalind Cornforth, Director of the Walker Institute, challenged the development community to make science fit for purpose by taking it …

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Damage cause by Hurricane Matthew in Haiti. Credit: Fran Afonso/Oxfam Intermón

Climate insurance: closing the protection or the resilience gap?

Swenja Surminski

July 4th, 2017 Climate Change

Does climate insurance work as a catalyst for climate risk management and sustainable development? Or is insurance deflecting attention from other disaster risk management solutions? Swenja Surminski, Senior Research Fellow …

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People around the world are faced with the challenge of adapting to changing climatic conditions, but what happens when small changes are not enough or are not even possible? Nick Brooks, Director of Garama 3C Ltd makes the case for transformational adaptation.

Transformational climate adaptation: beyond business-as-usual

Nick Brooks

June 28th, 2017 Climate Change

People around the world are faced with the challenge of adapting to changing climatic conditions, but what happens when small changes are not enough or are not even possible? Nick …

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Amina Hassen collecting water from a well dug by villagers in Harisso. They have been working for more than three hours to fill their leather bags (Kerid) with water. The holes are getting drier making it more difficult to get water from them. Often water collected this way is not suitable for drinking. Amina is seven months pregnant. Ethiopia. Credit: Abiy Getahun/Oxfam

Does knowledge matter in setting the development agenda?

Daniel Morchain

June 21st, 2017 Climate Change, Governance

Are marginalised people being overlooked in decision making processes around development and adaptation? Daniel Morchain reflects on the relationship between knowledge and power to influence outcomes. The more I think …

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