Policy update

Oxfam's analysis of policy developments on all the big issues.

EU reduces 2020 biofuels target

14 September 2008

Members of the European Parliament voted on 11 September to substantially reduce the EU's targets on biofuels . The vote by the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, to reduce...

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Climate Wrongs and Human Rights: Oxfam's "groundbreaking" new report

12 September 2008

On Tuesday (9 September), Oxfam released a new report, Climate Wrongs and Human Rights: Putting people at the heart of climate-change policy, which argues that in failing to tackle climate...

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AIDS 2008 in Mexico

8 August 2008

Oxfam's focus at the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City this week (3 to 8 July) is the need for predictable financing for health care, and the aggressive legal manoeuvring...

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