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A quick round up while we wait for the final verdict

oxfaminternational — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 16:01:06 +0000

Oxfam New Zealand’s Executive Director, Barry Coates, gave us a quick round-up of the last two weeks of the conference, while he and the rest of the Oxfam team stay up late waiting for delegates at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia, to announce their final outcomes. [...]

Poor people can’t bear it – Oxfam’s Polar Bears reject the US Climate offer

oxfaminternational — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 11:47:52 +0000

Oxfam’s Polar bears came back for a second visit to the Untied Nation Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia today, as they could not believe that on the final day of the summit, there was still no clear agreement on a way forward to tackle climate change. You can watch a video of what they [...]

2.6 million people can’t be wrong – Climate Change petitions delivered to UK Minister

oxfaminternational — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 08:36:53 +0000

The biggest ever hand-in of climate change petitions has happened today, directly in-front of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali. Watch a video of the handin on our YouTube channel The UK Minister for the Environment, Hilary Benn came out from the conference to meet with representatives of 2.6 million people, from 193 countries, [...]

Calendars and Big Names came to the conference

oxfaminternational — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 15:44:25 +0000

Oxfam’s “Bali Blogger,” Karina Brisby, reports back on the penultimate day of the Conference. It’s getting down the “nitty gritty” part of the United Nations Climate Change Conference, and there is definitely an increasing feeling of tension, excitement and nervousness in the air, as people sit in huddles revising texts, passing on what they have heard [...]

Oxfam on Second Life for the Second time at Virtual Bali

oxfaminternational — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 12:47:23 +0000

David Waskow from Oxfam , will be taking part in a live seminar in Virtual Bali – a Second Life webcast organized by OneClimate.net If you already have a Second Life account you can go directly to the seminar and if you don’t, you can follow the seminar on OneClimate.net The Seminar starts at the following [...]

Getting the voices of those impacted by climate change heard in Bali.

oxfaminternational — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 02:56:39 +0000

Sahba Chauhan has been busy for the past two weeks liaising with partner organizations in developing countries that Oxfam works with. I caught up with Sahba, at the conference on its second last day, to find out more about what she and our partners have been doing here in Bali. Karina – Why is it [...]

It’s up to U Now – message to delegates Climate Change Conference

oxfaminternational — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:19:57 +0000

With just three days left to the conference closes, Oxfam blitzed delegates at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, with a special photographic exhibition and calendar called “It’s up to UNow”. The photos, are messages from people in developing countries, who are already having to adapt and live with the impacts of climate change, [...]

The Bali Roadmap: Driving ahead or steering off course?

oxfaminternational — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:00:22 +0000

Oxfam’s Press Offcer, Jason Garman and Policy lead, Antonio Hill, take a look at whether the Ministers who arrive at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali, will use the last three days of the conference to move steadily forward or fall asleep at the wheel. Under unprecedented scrutiny around the world—in rich communities [...]

The Graph of Climate Injustice

oxfaminternational — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:58:30 +0000

Oxfam’s “Bali blogger”, Karina Brisby reports back from the launch of the Graph of Injustice. On the 10th anniversary of the Kyoto Protocol, Oxfam unveiled a huge “Graph of Climate Injustice”, directly outside the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali. You can see the highlights of the unveiling and presentation on YouTube. Oxfam’s Senior Climate Change [...]

Will they sign the big cheque?

oxfaminternational — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:02:07 +0000

Oxfam and Avaaz.org joined forces today to put pressure on Australia, EU, US, Japan and Canada, to pay compensation for the Climate Change that they have contributed to, and that developing countries are having to deal with now. Watch the video to find out more.