For a Safer Tomorrow

Since the end of the Cold War, the number of armed conflicts in the world has fallen. But is this trend now about to be reversed? Climate change, poverty and inequality, and the wider availability of weapons all add to the risk of conflicts increasing.

Oxfam's Ed Cairns explains how local, national, and regional action can be combined to reduce the impact that conflict has on civilians.


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For a safer tomorrow

For a safer tomorrow

Oxfam's report on how local, national and regional action can be combined to protect civilians caught up in conflict.