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    Critical themes (event)

    15 entries

    Two women throwing fishing nets at a lake
    Critical themes at IIED

    Article

    Three elephants eating
    Critical theme: Can insurance promote human wildlife co-existence?

    Event on 01 January 2021

    A large solar panel with Nepalese mountains in the background.
    Critical theme: How can inclusive finance accelerate universal energy access?

    Event on 14 November 2019

    A solar panel outside a rural house on stilts
    Critical theme: Can China help build a global eco-civilisation?

    Event on 25 September 2019

    Three generations of Syrian refugees queuing at a registration point on the Syria/Lebanon border. The United Nations says 4.8 million people have fled the conflict in Syria (Photo: UNHCR/ M. Hofer, Creative Commons via Flickr)
    Critical theme: Conflict, climate and migration in Syria – did the media get it right?

    Event on 03 October 2016

    A gold-plated "supercar". London's newspapers recently reported on a Saudi Arabian prince who had four gold-plated sports cars flown to London for his use while on holiday (Photo: Alexandre Prévot, Creative Commons via Flickr)
    Critical theme: tackling inequality and unsustainable consumption

    Event on 20 April 2016

    Aurelio Fuastino lives near a primary forest in Mozambique. He sees the forest as an important source of many products including medicinal plants. He and other villages have no control over loggers who have been given licenses in the forest (Photo: Mike Goldwater/IIED)
    IIED seminar on locally controlled enterprises for forest peoples

    Event on 07 July 2015

    Ethiopian women sort coffee beans at a long table. IIED's Critical Theme will explore gender equality issues (Photo: Wikipedia Commons)
    Empowered women = happy planet? Gender equality in a changing environment

    Event on 20 May 2015

    Chronic air pollution is part of everyday life for many people in China. This photo shows Anyang, the most northern city of China's Henan province (Photo: V.T. Polywoda, Creative Commons via Flickr)
    Critical theme: China pollution, social media and politics

    Event on 16 March 2015

    Dr John Ingram speaking on food security at IIED (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
    IIED 'Critical Theme' seminar: Climate change and food security

    Event on 12 February 2015

    IIED's Essam Yassin Mohammed directs questions to UCL senior lecturer Peter Jones on Marine Protected Areas (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
    Critical theme: Governing Marine Protected Areas

    Event on 06 October 2014

    Asian Coalition for Community Action
    Critical theme: Introducing the Asian Coalition for Community Action

    Event on 02 July 2014

    Carina Millstone makes a Critical Theme presentation to IIED staff in May 2014 (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
    Critical theme: What would business look like in a steady-state economy?

    Event on 21 May 2014

    Nick Robins makes a Critical Theme presentation to IIED staff in May 2014 (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
    Critical theme: How can the financial system serve a green and inclusive economy?

    Event on 15 May 2014

    Pavan Sukhdev makes a Critical Theme presentation to IIED staff (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
    Understanding what's at stake

    Event on 11 March 2014

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