By Topic: Climate change
COP28: An oil and gas polluter’s party
As COP28 comes to a close, Jamie Williams, Islamic Relief’s Senior Policy Advisor for Poverty Reduction, sees little cause for celebration. COP28 closes in Dubai with a decision…
Read moreCOP28: Wheels spinning, not much movement
As COP28 reaches its halfway point, Jamie Williams, Islamic Relief’s Senior Policy Advisor for Poverty Reduction, takes a measure of events so far. It started well. On the…
Read moreCOP28: Explained
Ahead of the start of COP28 on Thursday, Jamie Williams, Islamic Relief’s Senior Policy Advisor on Poverty Reduction, explains the thought behind the global gathering and the ‘big…
Read moreProfessor Saleemul Huq, pioneering climate change scientist, 1952 – 2023
Jamie Williams, Islamic Relief’s senior policy advisor for poverty reduction, reflects on the life and legacy of a man who helped to shape Islamic Relief’s climate policy. The…
Read moreIslamic Relief at the United Nations: Empowering communities for resilience
In this blog, Jamie Williams, Islamic Relief’s Senior Policy Advisor for poverty reduction, explains that in a world in which climate breakdown is increasingly affecting our daily lives,…
Read moreClimate Actions: Mitigate, adapt and address Loss and Damage
As Islamic Relief publishes a climate policy action paper, our Senior Policy Advisor on poverty reduction, Jamie Williams, sets out what needs to happen for a promised international…
Read moreHow climate change is affecting Islamic Relief projects in Africa
Following two key climate events held in Kenya, Charles Njanga, Islamic Relief’s regional media creator for Africa, explains how the negative effects of climate change are impacting the…
Read moreAfghanistan in the face of climate change
Osmawani Binti Osman, external relations coordinator at Islamic Relief Worldwide, sheds light on Afghanistan’s little-discussed climate crisis in a blog written during a secondment to our Kabul office.…
Read moreClimate breakdown is devastating and desperate, and we are all responsible
Islamic Relief’s Senior Policy Advisor on poverty reduction, Jamie Williams, reflects on the news of an estimated 43 million people currently in need of emergency assistance across Ethiopia,…
Read moreFantasy tech won’t fix the climate
As the climate crisis deepens, Jamie Williams, Islamic Relief’s Senior Policy Advisor on poverty reduction, reflects on current debates about new technologies being promoted to justify continued fossil…
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