Ashfaq Khalfan
@ashfaqkhalfan.bsky.social
Director, Sustainability Regulation Obsevatory, London School of Economics, Senior Fellow, Oxfam America
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REACTION: South Africa defies geopolitical bullying and puts inequality emergency on global agenda, says Oxfam.
#G20 #G20SouthAfrica
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#G20 #G20SouthAfrica
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November 22, 2025 at 12:03 PM
REACTION: South Africa defies geopolitical bullying and puts inequality emergency on global agenda, says Oxfam.
#G20 #G20SouthAfrica
🔗 www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...
#G20 #G20SouthAfrica
🔗 www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...
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COP30 REACTION: COP30 falls short, offering a ‘spark of hope but far more heartbreak’
More 👉 oxf.am/cop30-final
#COP30 #JustTransition
More 👉 oxf.am/cop30-final
#COP30 #JustTransition
November 22, 2025 at 6:26 PM
COP30 REACTION: COP30 falls short, offering a ‘spark of hope but far more heartbreak’
More 👉 oxf.am/cop30-final
#COP30 #JustTransition
More 👉 oxf.am/cop30-final
#COP30 #JustTransition
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At #COP30 the EU poses as champion of a #fossilfuel fuel phase-out.
But it doesn’t need others to move first: it funds it, burns it, banks the profits, then points the finger South.
That’s not climate ambition – it’s demagoguery.
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But it doesn’t need others to move first: it funds it, burns it, banks the profits, then points the finger South.
That’s not climate ambition – it’s demagoguery.
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two men are sitting on a couch and one of them is saying " and by demagoguery you mean "
ALT: two men are sitting on a couch and one of them is saying " and by demagoguery you mean "
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November 21, 2025 at 9:05 PM
At #COP30 the EU poses as champion of a #fossilfuel fuel phase-out.
But it doesn’t need others to move first: it funds it, burns it, banks the profits, then points the finger South.
That’s not climate ambition – it’s demagoguery.
👇Thread👇
But it doesn’t need others to move first: it funds it, burns it, banks the profits, then points the finger South.
That’s not climate ambition – it’s demagoguery.
👇Thread👇
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"We believe that the global taxations on wealth and sectors that are polluting the world right now would be... effective and fast."
@vivianasantiago.bsky.social talks to @democracynow.org from #COP30🎙️
👉 www.democracynow.org/2025/11/17/c...
#MakeRichPollutersPay #TaxTheSuperRich
@vivianasantiago.bsky.social talks to @democracynow.org from #COP30🎙️
👉 www.democracynow.org/2025/11/17/c...
#MakeRichPollutersPay #TaxTheSuperRich
Protect the Amazon, Tax the Polluters: Climate Activists Demand Action at COP30 in Belém, Brazil
Democracy Now! is broadcasting from the U.N. climate summit in the Brazilian rainforest city of Belém, near the mouth of the Amazon River, where the COP30 summit has entered its second week of negotia...
www.democracynow.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:54 AM
"We believe that the global taxations on wealth and sectors that are polluting the world right now would be... effective and fast."
@vivianasantiago.bsky.social talks to @democracynow.org from #COP30🎙️
👉 www.democracynow.org/2025/11/17/c...
#MakeRichPollutersPay #TaxTheSuperRich
@vivianasantiago.bsky.social talks to @democracynow.org from #COP30🎙️
👉 www.democracynow.org/2025/11/17/c...
#MakeRichPollutersPay #TaxTheSuperRich
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Ed Baldwin, political lead for CWU South East region argues that Proportional Representation would give workers more power and help secure workers’ rights for a generation, not just one term. #TimeForPR
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politicsforthemany.co.uk/proportional...
Proportional Representation would give workers more power
Trade unionists understand power, but our crumbling First Past the Post system is not designed for us to wield power. It’s designed to manage our disillusionment.That’s why support for proportional re...
politicsforthemany.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Ed Baldwin, political lead for CWU South East region argues that Proportional Representation would give workers more power and help secure workers’ rights for a generation, not just one term. #TimeForPR
politicsforthemany.co.uk/proportional...
politicsforthemany.co.uk/proportional...
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The stakes: Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds
- Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries
#COP30 #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries
#COP30 #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds
Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The stakes: Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds
- Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries
#COP30 #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries
#COP30 #climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
In today’s ECO newsletter at #COP30:
“Time to Pay, big polluting corporations and billionaire owners” — calling for a workstream on progressive env. taxation (polluter pays + CBDR-RC) and stronger coordination with the UN Tax Convention. #Makepolluterspay
🔗 climatenetwork.org/resource/eco...
“Time to Pay, big polluting corporations and billionaire owners” — calling for a workstream on progressive env. taxation (polluter pays + CBDR-RC) and stronger coordination with the UN Tax Convention. #Makepolluterspay
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ECO 9, COP30 - Climate Action Network
Foundations for the Just Transition home are within reach - A powerful thunderstorm provided the soundtrack of the last open negotiating session on Just Transition. ECO witnessed with excitement the e...
climatenetwork.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:34 AM
In today’s ECO newsletter at #COP30:
“Time to Pay, big polluting corporations and billionaire owners” — calling for a workstream on progressive env. taxation (polluter pays + CBDR-RC) and stronger coordination with the UN Tax Convention. #Makepolluterspay
🔗 climatenetwork.org/resource/eco...
“Time to Pay, big polluting corporations and billionaire owners” — calling for a workstream on progressive env. taxation (polluter pays + CBDR-RC) and stronger coordination with the UN Tax Convention. #Makepolluterspay
🔗 climatenetwork.org/resource/eco...
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And it is now time for the ritual Election Day posting of Leonard Cohen's Democracy. You're welcome, America! GO VOTE.
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youtu.be/DU-RuR-qO4Y?...
Leonard Cohen - Democracy (Official Video)
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November 4, 2025 at 3:34 PM
And it is now time for the ritual Election Day posting of Leonard Cohen's Democracy. You're welcome, America! GO VOTE.
youtu.be/DU-RuR-qO4Y?...
youtu.be/DU-RuR-qO4Y?...
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MEDIA REACTION: Ten years on from the Paris Agreement, rich countries’ pitiful climate targets fall drastically short.
Global leaders must deliver more ambitious NDCs at #COP30 to put humanity on a safer path.
👉 oxf.am/ndc-2025
Global leaders must deliver more ambitious NDCs at #COP30 to put humanity on a safer path.
👉 oxf.am/ndc-2025
October 28, 2025 at 2:40 PM
MEDIA REACTION: Ten years on from the Paris Agreement, rich countries’ pitiful climate targets fall drastically short.
Global leaders must deliver more ambitious NDCs at #COP30 to put humanity on a safer path.
👉 oxf.am/ndc-2025
Global leaders must deliver more ambitious NDCs at #COP30 to put humanity on a safer path.
👉 oxf.am/ndc-2025
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A new study shows the world’s biggest oil and gas companies contribute less than 1.5% to renewable energy capacity—despite claiming for years that they would lead the energy transition.
www.exxonknews.org/p/study-oil-...
www.exxonknews.org/p/study-oil-...
Study: Oil companies are not ‘part of the solution’
New research in the journal Nature reveals oil and gas companies own a “marginal” share of global renewable capacity, years after claiming they would lead the energy transition.
www.exxonknews.org
October 22, 2025 at 2:50 PM
A new study shows the world’s biggest oil and gas companies contribute less than 1.5% to renewable energy capacity—despite claiming for years that they would lead the energy transition.
www.exxonknews.org/p/study-oil-...
www.exxonknews.org/p/study-oil-...
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We’re calling for a Feminist Foreign Policy that’s transformative, justice-oriented, led by the Global South and rooted in economic & climate justice for all.
Read more in our advocacy brief published following the Feminist Foreign Policy Conference launch in Paris: www.oxfam.org/en/research/...
Read more in our advocacy brief published following the Feminist Foreign Policy Conference launch in Paris: www.oxfam.org/en/research/...
October 21, 2025 at 7:06 AM
We’re calling for a Feminist Foreign Policy that’s transformative, justice-oriented, led by the Global South and rooted in economic & climate justice for all.
Read more in our advocacy brief published following the Feminist Foreign Policy Conference launch in Paris: www.oxfam.org/en/research/...
Read more in our advocacy brief published following the Feminist Foreign Policy Conference launch in Paris: www.oxfam.org/en/research/...
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The global energy transition can either dismantle the inequalities driving the climate crisis — or deepen them.
Join us on 28 Oct, 16:00–17:00 UTC for a conversation on reclaiming the energy future and confronting climate colonialism.
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us on 28 Oct, 16:00–17:00 UTC for a conversation on reclaiming the energy future and confronting climate colonialism.
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
October 24, 2025 at 8:23 AM
The global energy transition can either dismantle the inequalities driving the climate crisis — or deepen them.
Join us on 28 Oct, 16:00–17:00 UTC for a conversation on reclaiming the energy future and confronting climate colonialism.
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Join us on 28 Oct, 16:00–17:00 UTC for a conversation on reclaiming the energy future and confronting climate colonialism.
🔗 Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Join us for Climate Law & Governance Day 2025 - The Paris Agreement at 10 - Advancing Climate Courage, Contributions & Compliance @cop30brazil.bsky.social
online on Fri 14 Nov 2025 for a full day of online discussions. @cisdl.bsky.social @demedglobal.bsky.social
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online on Fri 14 Nov 2025 for a full day of online discussions. @cisdl.bsky.social @demedglobal.bsky.social
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Climate Law and Governance Day 2025 | 14 Nov 2025
An online convening of international experts to increase ambition, harness knowledge, and advance insights in climate law and governance.
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October 18, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Join us for Climate Law & Governance Day 2025 - The Paris Agreement at 10 - Advancing Climate Courage, Contributions & Compliance @cop30brazil.bsky.social
online on Fri 14 Nov 2025 for a full day of online discussions. @cisdl.bsky.social @demedglobal.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.ca/e/climate-la...
online on Fri 14 Nov 2025 for a full day of online discussions. @cisdl.bsky.social @demedglobal.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.ca/e/climate-la...
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Investments in harm reduction programs, like naloxone distribution, syringe services, opioid use disorder medications, and housing-first programs, have driven down overdose deaths in the U.S. in recent years. Yet, we risk losing this progress because of politics.
October 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Investments in harm reduction programs, like naloxone distribution, syringe services, opioid use disorder medications, and housing-first programs, have driven down overdose deaths in the U.S. in recent years. Yet, we risk losing this progress because of politics.
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Devastating piece by the inimitable @ninalakhani.bsky.social about the rising climate crisis death toll
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Americans are dying from extreme heat. Autopsy reports don’t show the full story
Official reports are likely to overlook heat’s role in a death. As US temperatures rise, experts say the true toll needs to be counted
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Devastating piece by the inimitable @ninalakhani.bsky.social about the rising climate crisis death toll
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Hon Waithera Chege's motion this week to name a road after Pheroze Nowrojee (1941–2025) was well received by community associations and residents. City leaders and residents must now rally. #CelebratingPheroze
#StandardSettingKE
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#StandardSettingKE
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October 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Hon Waithera Chege's motion this week to name a road after Pheroze Nowrojee (1941–2025) was well received by community associations and residents. City leaders and residents must now rally. #CelebratingPheroze
#StandardSettingKE
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#StandardSettingKE
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📢 EU Billionaires’ wealth surges by over €400bn in first half of 2025.
That’s over €2bn a day.
🔗https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/eu-billionaires-wealth-surges-over-eu400-billion-first-half-2025
#TaxTheRich
That’s over €2bn a day.
🔗https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/eu-billionaires-wealth-surges-over-eu400-billion-first-half-2025
#TaxTheRich
October 9, 2025 at 5:27 AM
📢 EU Billionaires’ wealth surges by over €400bn in first half of 2025.
That’s over €2bn a day.
🔗https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/eu-billionaires-wealth-surges-over-eu400-billion-first-half-2025
#TaxTheRich
That’s over €2bn a day.
🔗https://www.oxfam.org/en/press-releases/eu-billionaires-wealth-surges-over-eu400-billion-first-half-2025
#TaxTheRich
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PRESS RELEASE: Two thirds of climate finance is loans, as rich countries profiteer from climate crisis💰
New research finds poor & climate vulnerable countries are paying back 7 USD for every 5 they receive.
Report by @oxfaminternational.bsky.social @careglobal.bsky.social 👉 oxf.am/climate-fina...
New research finds poor & climate vulnerable countries are paying back 7 USD for every 5 they receive.
Report by @oxfaminternational.bsky.social @careglobal.bsky.social 👉 oxf.am/climate-fina...
October 6, 2025 at 7:32 AM
PRESS RELEASE: Two thirds of climate finance is loans, as rich countries profiteer from climate crisis💰
New research finds poor & climate vulnerable countries are paying back 7 USD for every 5 they receive.
Report by @oxfaminternational.bsky.social @careglobal.bsky.social 👉 oxf.am/climate-fina...
New research finds poor & climate vulnerable countries are paying back 7 USD for every 5 they receive.
Report by @oxfaminternational.bsky.social @careglobal.bsky.social 👉 oxf.am/climate-fina...
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Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...
Starving children screaming for food as US aid cuts unleash devastation and death across Myanmar
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has repeatedly said “no one has died" because of his government’s decision to gut its foreign aid program.
apnews.com
October 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Horrific reporting from the AP on the Myanmar families watching their kids starve to death from Trump and Musk’s aid cuts apnews.com/article/myan...
38 former heads of govt & global orgs have issued a bold call for a permanent polluter profits tax to fund climate action — from every region of the world. 🌍💰
🔗 www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
🔗 www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
Former world leaders call for permanent taxes on oil and gas profits
During an energy price crisis in 2022, similar taxes raised billions, the authors argue.
www.euronews.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
38 former heads of govt & global orgs have issued a bold call for a permanent polluter profits tax to fund climate action — from every region of the world. 🌍💰
🔗 www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
🔗 www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...
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At #ClimateWeekNYC, I opened the “Taxation for Fair Climate Financing” panel organized with @clubdemadrid.bsky.social & @globalsolidaritylevies.org.
It featured a call from 38 former heads of state for permanent polluter profit taxes.
It featured a call from 38 former heads of state for permanent polluter profit taxes.
September 29, 2025 at 5:49 PM
At #ClimateWeekNYC, I opened the “Taxation for Fair Climate Financing” panel organized with @clubdemadrid.bsky.social & @globalsolidaritylevies.org.
It featured a call from 38 former heads of state for permanent polluter profit taxes.
It featured a call from 38 former heads of state for permanent polluter profit taxes.
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A fair energy future is not just a policy goal. It’s a moral obligation and a historical debt.
👉 Read the report for more policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/un...
👉 Read the report for more policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/un...
Unjust Transition: Reclaiming the energy future from climate colonialism - Oxfam Policy & Practice
The global energy transition stands at a pivotal moment: it can either dismantle the inequalities driving the climate crisis or deepen them. Today, the transition risks reproducing patterns of extract...
policy-practice.oxfam.org
September 26, 2025 at 9:26 AM
A fair energy future is not just a policy goal. It’s a moral obligation and a historical debt.
👉 Read the report for more policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/un...
👉 Read the report for more policy-practice.oxfam.org/resources/un...
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This is just incredible.
September 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
This is just incredible.
Are you interested in Taxation for Fair Climate Financing? Please view the livestream of an event Wednesday, 24 September from 2-4 pm New York time where I will moderate a distinguished panel. Link here: www.youtube.com/live/osgv-EV...
September 24, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Are you interested in Taxation for Fair Climate Financing? Please view the livestream of an event Wednesday, 24 September from 2-4 pm New York time where I will moderate a distinguished panel. Link here: www.youtube.com/live/osgv-EV...
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The numbers speak for themselves.
While the ultra-rich sail on superyachts, millions across MENA suffer from deadly heat, drought & rising food costs.
Oxfam’s report exposes the climate injustice at play.
🌍✊ Time for polluters to pay up.
oxf.am/46XgySz
While the ultra-rich sail on superyachts, millions across MENA suffer from deadly heat, drought & rising food costs.
Oxfam’s report exposes the climate injustice at play.
🌍✊ Time for polluters to pay up.
oxf.am/46XgySz
August 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
The numbers speak for themselves.
While the ultra-rich sail on superyachts, millions across MENA suffer from deadly heat, drought & rising food costs.
Oxfam’s report exposes the climate injustice at play.
🌍✊ Time for polluters to pay up.
oxf.am/46XgySz
While the ultra-rich sail on superyachts, millions across MENA suffer from deadly heat, drought & rising food costs.
Oxfam’s report exposes the climate injustice at play.
🌍✊ Time for polluters to pay up.
oxf.am/46XgySz