Having a climate denier in the White House poses new barriers to climate action, says ActionAid
“A damp squib” – IMF and World Bank annual meetings end on a low as growing debt crisis and burden of austerity remain unresolved – ActionAid
“It is outrageous that the IMF is once again calling for cuts to government wage bills” – ActionAid reacts to the Fiscal Monitor presented by the IMF
The IMF’s World Economic Outlook is a colonial relic that needs to be overhauled, says ActionAid
ActionAid calls for the abolition of the IMF and World Bank if there’s no overhaul ahead of the institutions’ annual meetings
ActionAid’s statement on Hurricane Milton
ActionAid USA’s statement on Congress’s Resolution on Migration Stability
The industries fuelling the climate crisis are draining public funds in the Global South, new ActionAid report reveals
ActionAid USA’s Statement on Citi’s Attempt to Criminalize Peaceful Climate Protests
Step into a Farmers’ Life: ActionAid USA’s new agriculture stories put readers and supporters in the boots of farmers in today’s Rural America
ActionAid USA’s response to Biden’s Executive Order shutting down asylum requests
Global Day of Action on May 2 will Call on States to #StopSendingArms to Israel
Your funding of climate-wrecking projects is robbing us of livelihoods and homes, communities tell global banks as AGM season kicks off
ActionAid USA’s statement of solidarity with U.S. student activism for Palestinian rights
Time is up – IMF and World Bank must end colonial rule, says ActionAid
ActionAid joins 96 organizations in calling on the World Bank and IMF to support universal social security
ActionAid USA’s response to the introduction of the Green Climate Fund Authorization Act
Climate Justice Mobilisations on Finance
Communities living in fear and on the brink of starvation as violence surges in Haiti
ActionAid calls for reforms to the IMF’s voting share structure, as the EU supports the Managing Director’s second-term bid
ActionAid USA endorses the Artists4Ceasefire Letter
70 civil society groups urge U.S. to change course at Loss & Damage negotiations
Statement from ActionAid USA on the GCF-2 Pledging Conference
It’s dangerous to pin our climate hopes on CCS, says ActionAid expert as IEA launches report
Climate Ambition Summit: Shutting down the space for greenwashing is a necessary start, says ActionAid climate expert
Climate Ambition Summit an opportunity to take bold climate crisis decisions, say ActionAid climate experts
Exposing TIAA’s role in land grabbing and ecocide: resources and publications to help you understand why we fight
All about our ‘Fund Our Future’ campaign
Banks providing twice as much financing to the second biggest contributor of greenhouse gas emissions than Global North governments have provided to fight climate change, ActionAid reveals
Tackling corporate agriculture: resources and publications to help you understand why we fight
ActionAid report: Food and fuel prices skyrocket up to tenfold in the world’s most marginalized communities since the war in Ukraine
ActionAid International comments on negotiations at Bonn Climate Conference 2023
The Biden Administration is putting geopolitics over global food security
Fund Our Future
ActionAid calls World Bank appointment ‘concerning’ as it urges new President to recognize the scale of the global debt crisis
ActionAid’s response to Biden Administration’s $1 billion contribution to the Green Climate Fund
Net-Zero Toolkit: Resources to Spot Greenwashing in the Dangerous Net-Zero Framing
On the launch of the Santiago Declaration for Public Services, ActionAid joins hundreds of organizations to demand ‘Our Future is Public’
16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence against women: ActionAid urges governments to end all forms of femicide.
Draft COP27 cover note is a ‘letdown which urgently needs saving’, says ActionAid International
G77 loss and damage funding proposal is ‘clear and sensible’, and developed countries need to stop delaying, says ActionAid
Women disproportionately impacted by climate change must have their voices heard at COP27, says ActionAid
Biden’s commitments ‘far from what’s needed’ for the climate crisis now, says ActionAid
Nearly 150 Organizations Call on U.S. Government to Support a Loss and Damage Finance Facility at COP27
EU Parliament increases pressure on COP27 ‘to take responsibility and act with compassion in the face of the climate crisis.’
Climate crisis to blame for high rates of cholera, says ActionAid
Millions of dollars set to be invested in developing an anti-racist public education system in Brazil
ActionAid USA response to Senate passage of the Inflation Reduction Act
Resources for reproductive justice
ActionAid USA Statement on the President’s FY 23 Budget Request
Fossil Fuels in the COP Decision Text: Why the U.S., not India, is the problem
ActionAid responds to U.S.-China Joint Glasgow Declaration on Enhancing Climate Action in the 2020s
ActionAid USA reacts to revised U.S. climate finance pledge
TIAA’s “Net Zero by 2050” plan is pure greenwash. Demand real action.
ActionAid responds as Haiti struck by 7.2 magnitude earthquake
The U.S. has a tendency to tout leadership, but from our perspective, the U.S. has not really been a leader on climate if you look at what they’re actually putting on the table
ActionAid stands in solidarity with the people of Haiti
ActionAid USA is concerned about Cindy McCain nomination for UN food agencies
ActionAid USA reacts to the FY 2022 President’s budget
Biden’s new emissions target ‘deeply insufficient’ to tackle the climate crisis
Biden’s climate commitment falls far short of U.S. “fair share”
Environmental, environmental justice, development, faith, and youth groups urge Biden administration to commit to a “fair share” climate target at Earth Day Climate Leaders’ Summit
ActionAid USA reacts to the Biden Administration’s initial FY22 budget proposal
Civil society groups release “Fair Shares NDC” model for revised U.S. climate action pledge under the Paris Agreement
As the biggest long-term contributor to climate-heating emissions, the United States had a moral and legal responsibility to help vulnerable communities
Over 50,000 people & 195 global groups demand Biden commit the U.S. to do its “fair share” on climate
Leading environment, development & faith groups call on the Biden administration to commit $8 billion for the Green Climate Fund
Disparity to Parity: demanding living wages for all food producers
ActionAid USA condemns attempted coup at the U.S. Capitol
Brazilian Government Finds that TIAA and Harvard Violated Law in Acquiring Half a Million Acres of Farmland
Diverse Coalition Calls for Systemic Policy Changes to Ensure Equity Across Our Food System
Our vision for a new social contract
Ferguson, up for Treasury Secretary, leaves a legacy of misleading claims to social responsibility
ActionAid USA reacts to the election of Joe Biden as 46th President of the United States of America
ActionAid USA supports demands to defund police
U.S.-Kenya FTA and the rights to land and food
ActionAid USA Responds to Trump’s announcement to halt funding to the World Health Organization
ActionAid USA Executive Director testifies before congressional committee calling for increased climate finance
Anthropologists join the call to hold TIAA accountable for farmland investments
ILO adopts historic law to end violence and harassment in the workplace
It’s time that Wall Street paid its fair share!
ActionAid USA Announces a Transition of Executive Leadership
ActionAid USA Response to Climate Action Now Act
ActionAid USA Response to Green New Deal Resolution
ActionAid Responds to U.S. Coal Side Event at COP24
Take A Look Back At Three Blogs We Published in 2018
ActionAid USA Responds to the EPA’s Release of the Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs)
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Rohingya Refugees Sent Back to Myanmar, Fishermen Suing Fossil Fuel Companies, and LGBTQ Rights in Costa Rica
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Poor Diets, Venezuelan Refugees, and More Women in Congress
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Venice Floods, North Carolina Joins Paris Agreement, and Oceans Absorb Heat
International Community Development Means Fighting Colonialism and Supporting Grassroots Initiatives
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: World Warming Half A Degree, Women Blazing Trails, and Brazilian Elections
Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights, and Food Security in Guatemala: It’s Time For Governments to be Accountable
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Activism Through Cinema, Indigenous Languages in Alaska, and Fighting Stigma Against Albinism
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Heat Days, World Hunger Spike, and Hurricane Florence
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Palestinian Roof Gardens, Swedish Election, and Venezuelans Fleeing Shortages
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Scotland Offers Free Sanitary Products, Women in Tech, and Decriminalizing Abortion
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Single Women Face Housing Discrimination, Women’s Month in South Africa, and Baby Changing Spaces in Men’s Restrooms
Farming, Food Safety, and Environmental Organizations Call on DOJ to Block Bayer-Monsanto Toxic Mega Merger
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Pacific Trash Vortex Cleanup, Women’s Test Scores Lowered, and First Muslim Woman in Congress
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Zimbabwe Election, Global Wildfires, and Youth Voter Registration on the Rise
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Syrian Women Bake Bread, Activism Through Cake, and American Arrested in Vietnam
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Costa Rica Fossil-Free Goal, Antarctica’s First Pride Party, Baltimore’s Arabbers Keep Tradition Alive
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Cicig, House Farm Bill Fails, Mushroom Revolution
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Palestinians Plan Bigger Protests, New Climate Doc, Feminist Favela
ActionAid Reacts to White House Announcement on Renewable Fuel Standard
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Lesbian Visibility Day, Nicaragua Uprising, Gaza Friday of Rebellious Youth
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: More Women in Gaza Protests, Puerto Rico Blackout, South Sudan’s Farmers Innovate
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Tsleil-Waututh Nation, Palestinians, Cambodians Claim Land Rights
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Linda Brown Dies and Leaves Powerful Legacy, Brazilian Sports Reporters Fight Sexual Harassment, La Borinqueña to the Rescue
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Extra Pads for Female Inmates, African Continental Free Trade Agreement, “Dancing Queer”
World Bank Program Forcing Local Communities Off Their Land
The World Bank’s Land Program in the State of Piauí, Brazil, Is a License for Land Grabbing
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Marielle Franco, Indian Women Farmers March for Land Rights, South African Teen Invents Fire-Resistant Shack
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Quilombo Claims Land Rights, SOS from Indonesia Palm Plantation, Rwanda Leads in Female Political Representation
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Somalia Drought, Busting Menstruation Myths in India, Female Afro-Brazilian Drummers Break Gender Barrier
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Cape Town Water Crisis, Rohingya Repatriation, Honduran Women March
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Zambia’s Cholera Crisis, Immigration Crackdown Increases Money Transfers from US to Mexico, Public Wi-Fi in Zimbabwe
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: African Refugees Champion Girls’ Education, Indian Women Farmers Claim Land Rights, Indigenous Women Occupy Washington State Capitol
New Investigation into U.S. Renewable Fuels Policies Finds “Green” Biodiesel Producers Driving Massive Deforestation
Agribusiness Giant Cargill Suspends Contract with Controversial Guatemalan Palm Oil Producer Over Environmental and Human Rights Violations
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Wildfires Affect Farmworkers, South Sudanese Women Want Peace, Syrian Teen Wins Peace Prize
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: “Frontier Midwives”, Blackouts in Malawi, Mekong Review
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Haiti Struggles to Rebuild, US Military in Africa, Making Solar Roofs from Trash
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Zimbabwe’s Political Crisis, Plastic Pollution in the Philippines, #StopLine3
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Vietnam Recovers from Typhoon Damrey, LGBTQ Rights in Guatemala, South Africa’s Black Beekeepers
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Manus Island Refugee Protest, Banksy’s Tea Party in Palestine, Brazil’s Indigenous Rappers on Land Rights
ActionAid USA Reacts to Sam Clovis’ Withdrawal from USDA Nomination
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Resisting Bayou Bridge Pipeline, Ending Child Marriage in Ghana, Pushing Women’s Rights in Kyrgyzstan
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Somalia “9/11”, Mexico Quake Survivors, Requiem for Cambodia
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Ugandan Students Fight Early Marriage, No Fireworks in New Delhi, Refugees and New Yorkers Dine Together
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: UN Ends Controversial Haiti Mission, Rohingya Families Reunite, New Global Pledge to Stop Cholera
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Famine Averted, Saudi Women Drive, Monitor Deforestation with an App
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Schools in Sierra Leone Re-open, Trudeau Addresses Colonization at UN, Philippines’ LGBTQ Rights Bill
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Zimbabwe’s Biometric Voter Registration, Beekeeping Amidst Kenyan Drought, Mayan Weavers Fight Exclusion
Human Rights Experts Uncover Alarming Human and Environmental Costs of Agribusiness
International Mission to Measure Human Rights Impact of Land Grabbing Kicks Off
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Pakistan Floods, Ghanaian Farmers Demand Land Rights, Atlanta’s Pianos for Peace
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Niger’s “Husband Schools”, Climate Gentrification in Little Haiti, Chile Relaxes Abortion Ban
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Sierra Leone Mudslides, Brazil Court Favors Indigenous Land Rights, Comedic Relief for Refugee Children in Europe
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Karate Cops in India, Young Farmers in the U.S., Pedal Power in Africa
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Climate, Sugarcane, & Hantavirus in Brazil, African Women Fight Fistula, Afghan Girls’ Robotics Team
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Zimbabwe’s Urban Farms, Delhi’s New Toilet App, Honduras’s Child Marriage Ban
ActionAid Reaction to EPA Announcement on Renewable Volume Obligations for 2018
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: “Nasty Women” Edition
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Sustainable Farming in Indonesia, Haitian Students Learn Better in Creole, and the Tear Down This Wall! Music Festival
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Cyclone Hits Bangladesh, South Africans Protest Violence Against Women, and Mexico’s First Indigenous Woman to Run for President
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Indigenous Radio Show on Women’s Rights, Protest Camp in West Bank, Amman to Work with Youth & Refugees to Boost Economy
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: 82 Chibok Girls Freed, Zika Emergency Is Over, & Renewables in the Philippines
3 Things You May Have Missed: Vietnamese Villagers Fight for Land Rights, Aspiring Female Carmaker in Sudan, Going to School on the US-Mexico Border
Activists and clients tell TIAA to stop investments linked to deforestation and displacement of local farmers
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Chibok Girls Still Missing, Closed Cable Cars, Malala Yousafazi
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: South Africa Protests, Women in Pakistan Reclaim Public Spaces, and Marches Continue in Venezuela
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Trump’s Climate Attacks, Tackling Sexual Harassment in Mexico City, A School for Grandmas
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Doctors Test Ebola Vaccine, KXL Is Approved, Baseball in Gaza
ActionAid Statement on Sonny Perdue’s Confirmation Hearing as Agriculture Secretary
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Nepal Displaces Quake Victims, Protests for Guatemalan Girls, and New Zealand River Becomes a Person
Reaction to the Trump administration’s budget blueprint and proposal to end payments to global climate programs
3 Things You May Have Missed: IWD Protests, Pruitt & Climate, and Somalia Declares National Disaster
ActionAid USA Statement on International Women’s Strike
ActionAid USA Reaction to Address to Joint Session of Congress
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Horn of Africa Drought, #NODAPL Camp Evacuation, Syrian Women Call for Release of Detainees
ActionAid Reaction to Confirmation of Scott Pruitt as E.P.A. Administrator
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Alternative Rite of Passage in Kenya, Haiti’s New President, and Pakistan’s First Female Bomb Squad Member
ActionAid Reaction to Executive Order Calling for Rollback of Wall Street Reform
Food and Farm Groups Oppose Andrew Puzder for Labor Secretary
ActionAid Reaction to President Trump’s Executive Orders on Immigration and Border Security
ActionAid USA Reaction to Inauguration of President Donald Trump
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: The Gambia State of Emergency, Obama Administration Sends $500m to Climate Fund, Indian Anti-Trafficking Activists Win Award
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Haiti Quake Anniversary, Tillerson Hearing, Cambodia’s Black Monday Campaign
Why We #RejectRex Trump’s Choice for Secretary of State
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Eucalyptus Land Grabs in Brazil, Pakistan’s Women’s Safety App, Syrian Artists Preserve History
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Aleppo Evacuation, US Secretary of State, Afghanistan’s First Female Rapper
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: #NoDAPL Victory, Indonesia Earthquake, Circus Therapy for Refugees
ActionAid USA Signs Letter to President Obama: Support Standing Rock Sioux
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Standing Rock Doc, Rohingya Refugee Crisis, Kenya Weapon Burning
ActionAid USA Reaction to U.S. Elections
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Italy Earthquakes, WikiLeaks, India’s Air
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: #NoDAPL, Karate Grannies, Myanmar
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: South Africa, Guatemalan Refugees & Malala Yousafzai
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Haiti Cholera Prevention, Damascus Rally & Boko Haram
It’s heartbreaking. We are overwhelmed by the level of disaster because they have nothing. There is no food, there is nothing
We’re seeing an unparalleled momentum to tackle climate change
While international support is again slowly arriving in Haiti, it’s vital that the same mistakes aren’t repeated, when billions of dollars of aid were squandered
3 Things You May Have Missed This Week: Hurricane Matthew, Climate Change & Pakistan’s First Female Truck Driver
ActionAid Responds to Hurricane Matthew in Haiti
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