Fund Our Future – Online Event
ActionAid Ireland will be hosting an online lunchtime event Fund Our Future – impact of and solutions to the climate crisis at 1.15pm on Tuesday 10th October. At the event, you will hear about Fund Our Future, ActionAid’s global climate campaign. In early September we launched our new report revealing the shocking fact that almost […]
How exploration by Shell is devastating the lives of Martha and her community
Martha Onisuru is a fisherwoman living in Nigeria’s Niger Delta. At one time there was a great supply of fish, and Martha was able to feed her family. However, since oil company Shell started exploring in the area life for Martha, and her community, has changed for the worse. And Martha is angry. “Before the […]
Ireland a channel for climate-harming investment
Climate-harming investment A new report reveals that Ireland is a significant channel for global institutional investment in fossils fuels and industrial agriculture, with funds registered here holding a staggering €5.7 billion (US$6.2 billion) in bonds and shares in climate-harming activities in the Global South. The ActionAid Ireland report also reveals that as of January this […]
ActionAid supports 104,778 people in SyriaÂ
This Sunday marks six months since two powerful earthquakes hit Turkey and Syria. More than 55,000 people are estimated to have lost their lives, while many more were injured and displaced. More than 54,000 buildings, including hospitals and schools, were destroyed or damaged. In North-west Syria, the devastation is most acute. The region is home […]
ActionAid Ireland welcomes IHREC policy statement which calls for change in how the State views and values care
ActionAid welcomes the publication of a new Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission policy (IHREC) statement which calls for a fundamental change in how the State views and values care. The IHREC statement The IHREC publication on care sets out actions that must be taken by the State to translate European and international standards into […]
Europe’s heatwaves clearly shows dangers of climate change as faced by many Global South countriesÂ
Heatwaves ravaging the northern hemisphere and record high temperatures in Europe and the United States clearly illustrate the dangers of the climate crisis that countries in the Global South have been suffering with for years.  Heatwaves becoming more frequent This extreme heat is becoming an increasingly frequent phenomenon due to global warming. This is undoubtedly seriously […]