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Oxfam direct debit donations fall amid abuse scandal
2018-02-14 12:47:43| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Over three days more than a thousand people cancelled their regular donations to the charity.
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'World's richest 1% get 82% of the wealth', says Oxfam
2018-01-22 01:06:12| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The gap between the super rich and the rest of the world widened last year, claims Oxfam.
'UK one of most unequal countries', says Oxfam
2016-09-13 01:03:37| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
The richest 1% of the UK population owns more than 20 times the wealth of the poorest fifth, according to new analysis by Oxfam.
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Oxfam report questions the effectiveness of NZ $200m Pacific climate change aid
2016-09-07 09:27:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
TVNZ: Oxfam is questioning if the New Zealand Government is doing enough to help prepare Pacific Islands for future events, in their September 2016 Research Report. "In view of the escalating impacts of climate change we think more support is needed," said Rachael Le Mesurier, Oxfam. Advertisement The Greens say economic development projects are dressed up as climate change aid. They point to projects like the $9 million spent on an inter-island shipping program, $534,909 on navigation surveys for...
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World's richest tenth produce half carbon emissions, poorest half one tenth: Oxfam
2015-12-02 17:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The richest tenth of the world's people produce half of all carbon emissions, while the poorest half - most threatened by droughts and super storms linked to climate change - produce only one tenth, Oxfam said on Wednesday. The richest 10 percent have, on average, carbon footprints 11 times that of the poorest 3.5 billion people on the planet, the campaign group said in a report to coincide with talks in Paris this month on a global deal to slow climate change. One of the biggest obstacles...
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