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Building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice. www.actionaidusa.org #MoreActionLessAid
Debt is one of the biggest barriers to #ClimateAction & one of the most fixable. Our new report (out Sept. 16) shows how sovereign debt drains resources from frontline countries, delays climate action & #FossilFuel expansion. Join the webinar ➡️ https://bit.ly/3T1llNY🔗
“Nepal is paying the price of global warming, where our contribution is less than 0.1%.” Sujeeta Mathema, ActionAid Nepal's Executive Director, quoted by Ken Silverstein in @forbes.com Read the full piece 👉 https://bit.ly/4r0U9vF #ClimateJustice #NepalFloods
Nepal's Flood Was A Warning The World Had Already Received
Nepal's deadly flood exposes a deeper failure: climate finance pledged to vulnerable nations for years still isn't arriving fast enough — or at all.
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A glacier collapsed. A GCF grant intended to protect this exact valley took 7 years to be approved. “The international community has failed Nepal.” Our own @brandoncwu.bsky.social, quoted by Ken Silverstein in @forbes.com 👉 https://bit.ly/4r0U9vF #ClimateJustice #NepalFloods
Nepal's Flood Was A Warning The World Had Already Received
Nepal's deadly flood exposes a deeper failure: climate finance pledged to vulnerable nations for years still isn't arriving fast enough — or at all.
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A journey that normally takes 3 hours took our local team nearly 17 hours. Damaged roads forced drivers to take alternative routes, and sometimes vehicles had to be moved by hand. We kept going b/c people’s needs cannot wait. Support our #NepalFloods response 👉 https://bit.ly/3UvhEkh
The Trishuli River buried Nanimaya’s farmland beneath sand and debris—destroying the crops that fed her family and sustained their income. Read her story and how ActionAid and local partners are supporting flood-affected communities in Nepal 👉 https://bit.ly/4qOSPvu #NepalFloods
"The tragedy in Nepal must serve as a wake-up call to accelerate the shift out of the #FossilFuel era & to significantly boost funding for action in frontline countries." @1teresaanderson.bsky.social on the @unep.org's announcement about the world missing the 1.5c #Climate target 👉 bit.ly/4gHmKB9
ActionAid warns against pinning hopes on “technologies that suck” CO2, calls for real funding and radical transformation - ActionAid USA News
Responding to UNEP's climate report "Limiting Overshoot - Narrowing exceedance of 1.5°C and pathways towards return" published today, Teresa Anderson,
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The U.S. offered #Nepal $500,000, then raised it to a paltry $3.6 million. The U.N. estimate for damaged roads, bridges, and power lines alone exceeds $1.3 billion. $3.6 million is nothing next to what recovery will cost. More via @theguardian.com 👉 https://bit.ly/46Bhnil #Floods
‘Pitiful’: experts condemn initial US aid contribution for Nepal flood victims
Sum of $500,000 has been increased as death toll passes 1,000 but specialists decry Trump dismantling of USAID
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Devastating flash floods have swept away homes & livelihoods across Nepal. Families urgently need food, safe drinking water, clothing & a safe place to sleep. In moments like this, solidarity can be a lifeline. Stand with affected families 👉 https://bit.ly/4cKBi1M #NepalFloods #EmergencyResponse
ActionAid Nepal’s Anish Raj Shrestha gives @news.sky.com an update on the devastating #NepalFloods. Around 40,000 people and 8,000 households are affected, and destroyed roads and bridges make it extremely difficult to reach communities. Donate 👉 https://bit.ly/4cKBi1M
🚨 Devastating flash floods in Nepal have taken lives and destroyed homes and livelihoods. ActionAid is working with local partners to prepare a locally led response that prioritizes the safety and dignity of women and girls. Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4zF4Pnk #Nepal #FlashFlood #HumanitarianAid
ActionAid prepares urgent relief following devastating Bhotekoshi flash floods - ActionAid USA News
In the aftermath of the devastating flash flood along the Bhotekoshi and Trishuli river corridors that has left an immense trail of destruction, ActionAid
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🔊 Our @brandoncwu.bsky.social joined @pattivasquez.bsky.social on @@heartlandsignal.bsky.social to discuss the #ClimateCrisis, migration, corporate power, and the better world we must build. 📻 Listen 👉 https://bit.ly/4y4RiUK #ClimateJustice #Migration
Two weeks after the earthquake, remote communities in Colombia are still waiting for essentials. Children are afraid to sleep, asking, “What if there’s another earthquake?” ActionAid & local partners are providing relief & psychosocial support 👉 https://bit.ly/45KmQDh
In 2025, #COP30 didn't deliver the money rich countries owe, but our coalition still won a historic #JustTransition mechanism. We also held our 2nd Climate Reparations Camp and shared how carbon markets fail communities. Read more in our 2025 #AnnualReport 👉 https://bit.ly/4qol43W
Humanitarian workers are rarely outsiders. They're neighbors, health workers, and local staff, often facing the same crisis they're responding to. This #WorldHumanitarianDay: protect those who protect others. Humanitarians are not targets.
An earthquake shattered homes across western Colombia. Now, flooding is deepening the crisis. Afro-Colombian and Indigenous communities urgently need food, clean water, shelter, and medical care. Donate 👉 https://bit.ly/3UGXYK0
Last week, a 7.4-magnitude earthquake devastated western #Colombia, hitting Afro-Colombian & Indigenous communities already facing conflict, displacement & exclusion. Women & local leaders are organizing, but they urgently need resources. Read more 👉 https://bit.ly/4wCHLmH
Different Contexts. Common Aspirations. One shared fight for #ClimateJustice. This #InternationalYouthDay, we celebrate our 2026 Climate Reparations Camp participants: young organizers building collective power for climate reparations ✊ #YouthLeadership
🚨 Hospitals are overwhelmed as the death toll from Colombia’s 7.4-magnitude earthquake continues to rise. ActionAid Colombia & local partners are assessing urgent needs & mobilizing a locally led response. Read more and donate 👉 https://bit.ly/3RIlohl #ColombiaEarthquake #HumanitarianEmergency
📣 Opportunity: ActionAid USA is seeking U.S.-based consulting firms for two projects focused on growing our individual giving program: 🔹 Digital Ecosystem Assessment 🔹 Market Scoping Assessment Learn more + view the RFPs 👉 www.actionaidusa.org/about/jobs/?...
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ActionAid is an international network building a just, equitable, and sustainable world in solidarity with communities on the frontlines of poverty and injustice.
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Last year, women led the way: solar power for 800+ people in Vanuatu, a new Young Urban Women's Movement chapter in Liberia, and the Jacaranda Paper on feminist economics. More in the Women's Rights section of our #AnnualReport 👉 https://www.flipsnack.com/actionaidusa/annual-report-2025?p=12
#Ceuta must be a wake-up call. Migration policy cannot be judged by how many people are stopped at a border. It must be judged by whether it protects life, upholds human rights, and provides safe, legal pathways. Read our statement 👉 https://www.actionaidusa.org/news/ceuta-must-be-a-wake-up-call/
When an #Earthquake hit Myanmar last year, killing thousands and leaving millions without shelter, ActionAid's local partners acted swiftly, launching an emergency response on the ground. Read more about this & our global emergency response work in our #AnnualReport 👉 https://bit.ly/4pPLYS3
Our annual report takes a hard look at how the current political climate is reshaping civil society & philanthropy, including the dismantling of USAID and the endangerment of millions of lives worldwide. Read the full section in our 2025 #AnnualReport 👉 https://bit.ly/4pPLYS3
Etsio organizes immigrant communities at Make the Road New York. He came to #ClimateReparations Camp (CRC) to understand the root causes his members are already living through, so he can bring real tools back to them. Listen to his Camp experience & hear his takeaways.
A new evaluation finds uneven integration of climate into surveillance and lending, while debt and austerity rules restrict countries’ ability to invest in climate action. Read more from @brettonwoodsproject.org 👉 https://bit.ly/4yFds0V
IEO report calls for stronger integration of climate into IMF surveillance and lending
IEO findings echo civil society concerns about IMF’s climate work, with its focus on austerity in surveillance and lending not assessed for its impact on countries’ climate action.
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"2025 was a year that demanded clarity, courage, and conviction. Across the globe, crises deepened... I am glad to say we did not waver." - Niranjali Amerasinghe, Executive Director, ActionAid USA Read how we faced the challenges of 2025 in our #AnnualReport 👉 https://bit.ly/4yGigTO
📣 New IPC report: the entire population of Gaza faces crisis-level hunger, 9 months after a "ceasefire." ActionAid Palestine's Country Director is direct: "There is no ceasefire in Gaza, only the continuation of the genocide. Read our full statement 👉 https://bit.ly/4wnwebF
📣 Our 2025 Annual Report is live 📖❗ Inside: civil society and philanthropy under a shifting political landscape, our humanitarian response, and the wins in women's rights, climate justice, and economic justice built with frontline communities. 🔗 Dive in 👉 https://bit.ly/4yGigTO
Nearly four years since the #LossAndDamage Fund was created at COP27, it still hasn't paid out a cent. Rich countries have starved it of money, and last week its Board turned down every funding request on the table. Brandon Wu breaks it down 👉 https://bit.ly/3T0D7Rj #ClimateJustice
The Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage was created to support communities facing the worst impacts of the climate crisis. Instead, its Board left Manila without approving its first projects. Read ActionAid's response 👉 https://bit.ly/4wwZhJa #ClimateJustice #LossAndDamage
"A deeply frustrating experience" - ActionAid's response to the just ended FRLD Board meeting - ActionAid USA News
In response to the closing of the ninth meeting of the Board of the Fund for responding to Loss & Damage (FRLD), ActionAid USA’s Director of
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