Food Rights Publications
Equitable Adaptation Financing
ActionAid calls for more and better funding for adaptation. AAUSA is working to develop policy proposals regarding the types of projects to which climate adaptation funds should be directed, and the mechanisms and channels through which such funds should flow. Please see our recent report, “Compensating for Climate Change: Principles and Lessons for Equitable Adaptation Funding.” (PDF)
Transitioning US Food Aid toward Local and Regional Purchase (Sept 2007)
Each year millions of tons of food are shipped from the United States as food aid to respond to crises resulting from droughts, conflicts and severe poverty. While there is little doubt that this aid has saved countless lives, it is also clear that the US program, designed over 50 years ago when the US had abundant food surpluses to dispose of, is enormously inefficient.
Women and Food Crises: How US Food Aid Policies Can Better Support their Struggles (March 20, 2007)
Over the last few decades, food crises have become distressingly common phenomena. Women are often at the center of these emergencies, though the disproportionate impact of hunger on women is too often hidden within the dire aggregate statistics. But the role of women in providing solutions to these crises is also too often overlooked. This discussion paper lays out some of the key issues in modern food crises and explores some opportunities for engaging women more actively in the quest for more effective answers.
Policies and Priorities: Salvaging Special Products from the Wreckage of Global Trade Talks (Sept 2006)
Negotiations at the December 2005 World Trade Organization Ministerial meeting in Hong Kong will likely be remembered as the tipping point where the aggressive demands of rich countries were finally met by enough resistance from developing nations to derail the process of global trade liberalization – at least for the time being.
Letter to Ambassador Susan Schwab (June 22, 2006)
From representatives of US development, religious, human rights, environmental and other civil-society organizations concerned about the potential.
Power Hungry: Six Reasons to Regulate Global Food Corporations (Jan 24, 2006)
Over the last few decades, food crises have become distressingly common phenomena. Women are often at the center of these emergencies, though the disproportionate impact of hunger on women is too often hidden within the dire aggregate statistics. But the role of women in providing solutions to these crises is also too often overlooked. This discussion paper lays out some of the key issues in modern food crises and explores some opportunities for engaging women more actively in the quest for more effective answers.
Policies and Priorities - US Bilateral Free Trade Negotiations: Advancing on the WTO (Dec 2005)
Death by Starvation in Malawi
The link between macro-economic and structural policies and the agricultural disaster in Malawi.
Other Publications From ActionAid International
- We Know What We Need! South Asian Women Speak Out about Climate Change (PDF)
- Climate Change, Urban Flooding and the Rights of the Urban Poor in Africa: Key Findings from Six African Cities (PDF)
- Climate Change and Smallholder Farmers in Malawi: Understanding Poor People’s Experiences in Climate Change Adaptation (PDF)
Other Publications from the Up in Smoke Coalition
ActionAid is a member of the Up in Smoke Coalition, a coalition of organizations that makes the links between climate change and global poverty.
