Ashfaq Khalfan
@ashfaqkhalfan.bsky.social
Director, Sustainability Regulation Obsevatory, London School of Economics, Senior Fellow, Oxfam America
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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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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
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...
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.
www.eventbrite.ca
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
www.irunguhoughton.org/post/why-phe...
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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
And how world powers are ignoring or deliberately downplaying genocide in Sudan.
‘They slaughtered us like animals’: the inside story of how one of the biggest atrocities of the Sudan war unfolded in Zamzam
‘They slaughtered us like animals’: the inside story of how one of the biggest atrocities of the Sudan war unfolded in Zamzam
As the UK prepared to host a global summit on bringing peace to Sudan, the RSF paramilitary began a ‘genocidal’ massacre in Zamzam refugee camp. But when reports emerged of the killings, London held its silence. For the first time, using intelligence reports and witness testimony, we piece together what occurred during the April atrocity – and why it was not stopped
www.theguardian.com
August 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
And how world powers are ignoring or deliberately downplaying genocide in Sudan.
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the thing that trans people ask of the world is so tiny, really. just to be able to exist as the person they are, without the rest of us being weird or cruel about it. it's a deep shame on our society that we are unable to deliver on so small a thing.
One of the few things I'm absolutely sure of is that there's nothing wrong with being trans. We're just a type of person. We deserve equality because all people deserve equality.
August 8, 2025 at 12:59 AM
the thing that trans people ask of the world is so tiny, really. just to be able to exist as the person they are, without the rest of us being weird or cruel about it. it's a deep shame on our society that we are unable to deliver on so small a thing.
I joined 300,000 people today in London who marched to @10dowingstreet.bsky.social to demand an end to Keir Starmer's and David Lammy's
complicity in and manifest failure to prevent the #GazaGenocide. We need trade sanctions and an arms embargo now!
complicity in and manifest failure to prevent the #GazaGenocide. We need trade sanctions and an arms embargo now!
August 9, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I joined 300,000 people today in London who marched to @10dowingstreet.bsky.social to demand an end to Keir Starmer's and David Lammy's
complicity in and manifest failure to prevent the #GazaGenocide. We need trade sanctions and an arms embargo now!
complicity in and manifest failure to prevent the #GazaGenocide. We need trade sanctions and an arms embargo now!
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Excited to share my article titled “Historic climate change ruling from the 23 July 2025 @CIJ_ICJ International Court of Justice: what it means for Africa” has just been published in The Conversation, Africa
🔗 theconversation.com/historic-cli...
🔗 theconversation.com/historic-cli...
Historic climate change ruling from the International Court of Justice: what it means for Africa
The International Court of Justice says governments are legally obliged “to achieve deep, rapid and sustained reductions” in greenhouse gas emissions.
theconversation.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Excited to share my article titled “Historic climate change ruling from the 23 July 2025 @CIJ_ICJ International Court of Justice: what it means for Africa” has just been published in The Conversation, Africa
🔗 theconversation.com/historic-cli...
🔗 theconversation.com/historic-cli...
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Trump’s attempt to overturn the EPA’s endangerment finding is climate denial of the highest order. This move threatens one of the most important tools we have to protect people from climate pollution. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...
In Game-Changing Climate Rollback, E.P.A. Aims to Kill a Bedrock Scientific Finding
www.nytimes.com
July 29, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Trump’s attempt to overturn the EPA’s endangerment finding is climate denial of the highest order. This move threatens one of the most important tools we have to protect people from climate pollution. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/c...
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Gaza is suffering the worst stages of famine, the @theipcinfo.bsky.social warns today.
World leaders must break Israel's siege & allow humanitarian aid to enter - now.
Our reaction👇
www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...
World leaders must break Israel's siege & allow humanitarian aid to enter - now.
Our reaction👇
www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...
July 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Gaza is suffering the worst stages of famine, the @theipcinfo.bsky.social warns today.
World leaders must break Israel's siege & allow humanitarian aid to enter - now.
Our reaction👇
www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...
World leaders must break Israel's siege & allow humanitarian aid to enter - now.
Our reaction👇
www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...
The International Court of Justice climate judgement was – in many ways – better than expected. Here are 11 takeaways about what ICJ judgement and what it means for the protection of the climate:
July 23, 2025 at 7:29 PM
The International Court of Justice climate judgement was – in many ways – better than expected. Here are 11 takeaways about what ICJ judgement and what it means for the protection of the climate: