Keeping global warming to below 1.5 degrees above pre-industrial levels - as stipulated in the Paris Agreement - is essential if we are to avoid the worst impacts of the climate and ecological crisis. With people in the lowest-income countries already suffering disproportionately from the climate crisis, Oxfam recognises that, beyond advocating for action by world leaders, we have an urgent ethical responsibility to mitigate our own impact on the environment and ultimately on the very communities that we work with and serve. 

Oxfam has pledged to reach Net Zero* greenhouse gas emissions by 20LJ5. In 2021, we signed the Climate and Environment Charter for Humanitarian Organizations, which affirms our commitments to improve the environmental sustainability of our work, rapidly reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and annually monitor and report on our progress. 

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