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Act Before Impact: Building Inclusive Anticipatory Action Capacities of Local Government, Humanitarian Actors and Community Leaders

September 23, 2026

The toolkit provides a structured curriculum for local governments, civil society organizations, and community leaders to plan and implement anticipatory action before disasters strike. It details the use of impact-based forecast triggers, inclusive and community-led approaches, and conflict-sensitive practices to guide early interventions. Covering legal frameworks, risk assessment, and operational tools, the guide aims to help practitioners design and deliver effective, equitable responses in the critical window before impact.

Patterns and Changes in the Utilization of Barangay Disaster Funds: Evidence from Selected Communities in Eastern Samar and Catanduanes

September 14, 2026

Barangays are the first line of protection when disasters strike, yet incomplete utilization records, fragmented government oversight and limited technical capacity can prevent disaster funds from being used strategically to protect communities. Focusing on 12 barangays across six municipalities in Eastern Samar and Catanduanes, this study examines how Local Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Funds […]

An Amon Lamrag: Mga Istorya Han Pagbabag-o Ha Hilabaan Ngan Tikling

July 27, 2026

This participatory storybook grew out of a five-month journey with the members of the Hilabaan Women’s Association and the Linao Women Fish Vendor’s Association from Eastern Samar. Together with researchers from the College of Development Communication (CDC) of the University of the Philippines Los Baños and Oxfam Pilipinas, they shared their stories, reflected on their experiences, and helped enlighten what has changed in their lives and communities with electricity from renewable energy.

COMMUNIQUE: 4th Southeast Asia Collaborative Convening of Civil Society Organizations on Just Energy Transition

February 14, 2026

Civil society groups from Southeast Asia called on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states and their energy ministers to “open their hearts to justice by putting people and gender equality at the center of energy governance and planning for a just and inclusive energy transition (JET) in the ASEAN region”.

Guiding ASEAN’s Just and Inclusive Energy Transition: ANPE’s Statement on the APAEC 2026-2030

November 28, 2025

The Asia Network for People’s Energy (ANPE) congratulates the ASEAN Member States and the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) on the publication of the new ASEAN Plan of Action for Energy Cooperation (APAEC) 2026–2030 last 15 October 2025.

Socially Accountable Governance in Just Energy Transition (Interactive)

November 20, 2025

This report examines progress, gaps, and opportunities that exist in the intersections of governance, justice, and energy transition in Southeast Asia by examining the role of Social Accountability (SAcc) in utility-scale energy transition projects. Download this compressed interactive copy. The report is also available in full resolution and through an executive summary.

Socially Accountable Governance for Just Energy Transition

November 20, 2025

This report examines progress, gaps, and opportunities that exist in the intersections of governance, justice, and energy transition in Southeast Asia by examining the role of Social Accountability (SAcc) in utility-scale energy transition projects.

Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster

October 29, 2025

The report, Climate Plunder: How a powerful few are locking the world into disaster, presents extensive new updated data and analysis which finds that a person from the richest 0.1% produces more carbon pollution in a day than the poorest 50% emit all year. If everyone emitted like the richest 0.1%, the carbon budget would be used up in less than 3 weeks.

Climate Finance Shadow Report 2025: Analysing progress on climate finance under the Paris Agreement

October 9, 2025

 The Climate Finance Shadow Report presents analysis of North-South climate finance flows and assessing progress towards the $100 billion commitment to inform climate finance under the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG). Oxfam reported on the progress of this commitment in 2016, 2018 and 2020 and 2023. This year’s report, which is co-published by Oxfam and […]

Climate Equality: A planet for the 99%

November 22, 2023

Overview The world faces twin crises of climate breakdown and runaway inequality. The richest people, corporations and countries are destroying the world with their huge carbon emissions. Meanwhile, people living in poverty, those experiencing marginalization, and countries in the Global South are those impacted the hardest. Women and girls, Indigenous Peoples, people living in poverty […]