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ActionAid: Mutirão decision finally holds rich countries to account

The Presidency’s draft of the “mutirão decision,” made public on the morning of November 18, presents a menu of options on many of the stickiest issues under negotiation at COP30. Finance is one of ...
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ActionAid warns that new UN Security Council resolution on Gaza, while a step towards ending hostilities, entrenches occupation

After two years of unfathomable suffering in Gaza, ActionAid notes efforts by the international community to end active ...
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The elephant in the room' - the presence of Big Ag lobbyists makes COP30 Forest talk empty rhetoric,' says ActionAid

Reacting to the finding by Kick Big Polluters Out that there are hundreds of agribusiness lobbyists at COP30, Teresa Anderson ...
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"Bitter Harvest from Baku": COP30 Adaptation Goals at risk as rich countries refuse grant finance, says ActionAid

At the halfway point of COP30, Teresa Anderson, ActionAid’s Global Lead on climate justice, says: ...
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The Africa Group justified for cautious approach to adaptation indicators at COP30, says ActionAid

The Africa Group of Negotiators has taken a strong stance on the Global Goal on Adaptation at COP30, demanding ambitious, ...
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ActionAid says it’s now ‘game on’ for just transition as Global South countries unite to call for new global mechanism

ActionAid says it’s now ‘game on’ for just transition as Global South countries unite to call for new global mechanism ...
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Rich countries must increase their contributions for loss and damage

There is no ability to quickly distribute money immediately after a disaster. For the Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage ...
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Climate activists demand a just transition in agriculture – so farmers and communities get a ‘seat at the table’ in climate decision-making

Climate activists at COP30 have called on governments to include agriculture in just transition negotiations and ensure that the voices of farmers, traditional communities, indigenous people and ...
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ActionAid urges governments to prioritise people, as it prepares to lobby for a just transition mechanism at COP30

ActionAid - which supports communities on the frontlines of the climate crisis – is joining with other climate organisations at COP30 to demand governments agree to climate action that prioritises ...