Events

In addition to our flagship IIED Debates series of events, we regularly host or jointly organise with partners a range of in-person, online and hybrid events focusing on our latest work, including at global conferences. Register for forthcoming events and sign up to our events newsletter or see what you missed, including video recordings

Forthcoming events

Development and Climate Days 2024: Turning climate ambition into action – confronting uncomfortable truths

Event on 17 November 2024

Women community leaders maintaining the local nursery in Colombia

IIED at CBD COP16

Event on 21 October 2024

Women washing clothes in a refugee camp in Bangladesh

Climate Change & Modern Slavery Hub launch

Event on 09 October 2024

2024 Barbara Ward Lecture

The latest in IIED's Barbara Ward Lecture series took place in May 2024, featuring Green Climate Fund executive director Mafalda Duarte

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2024 Barbara Ward Lecture: put social justice at the heart of sustainable development, says Mafalda Duarte

14 June 2024

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Barbara Ward Lecture 2024: Mafalda Duarte

Event on 14 May 2024

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2021 Barbara Ward Lecture: Rebeca Grynspan says nothing is ever so small that it cannot make a difference

16 December 2021

Gro Harlem Brundtland's speech was followed by a question and answer session with the audience (Photo: Julius Honnor/Contentious)

2018 Barbara Ward Lecture: Gro Harlem Brundtland calls for people to speak out against simplistic politics of populism

15 June 2018

Latest IIED Debates

This series of events offers insight into the world’s most pressing challenges and creates an opportunity to debate and explore solutions

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The decarbonisation debate: exploring climate action for equitable cities

Event on 24 June 2024

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Housing justice: securing affordable inner-city homes through retrofitting

Event on 22 March 2024

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Looking ahead at 2024: what's in store for climate and nature?

Event on 30 January 2024

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What does justice mean for the energy transition and how do we achieve it?

Event on 16 November 2023

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Related global conferences

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UN climate change conference (COP28)

A series of pages related to IIED's activities at the 2023 UNFCCC climate change summit in Dubai

UN biodiversity conference (COP15)

A series of pages related to IIED's activities around the 15th Convention on Biological Diversity conference (COP15)

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Barbara Ward lectures

An event featuring the current generation of outstanding women in development, in honour of IIED’s founder and inspirational speaker Barbara Ward.

Find out about past and future events

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In 2018 IIED welcomed colleagues from Brazil, Cameroon, India, Tanzania, and Zimbabwe to Communications Learning Week (Photo: Anne Schulthess/IIED)

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Past events

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IIED at Climate Week NYC 2024

Event on 22 September 2024

IIED at the Summit of the Future

Event on 22 September 2024

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Announcing the Saleemul Huq Memorial Scholarship finalists and C-CIQ toolkit launch

Event on 09 September 2024

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IIED at London Climate Action Week 2024

Event on 22 June 2024

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Aligner l'investissement sur l'action climatique: une conversation

Event on 26 June 2024

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Building climate resilience for India’s cotton farmers: insurance's role?

Event on 27 June 2024

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The decarbonisation debate: exploring climate action for equitable cities

Event on 24 June 2024

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Hidden handbrakes: an Open Space conversation

Event on 25 June 2024

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Aligning investment with climate action: a conversation

Event on 26 June 2024

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LCAW: Adaptation Drinks

Event on 24 June 2024

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IIED and ALIGN at the World Bank Land Conference

Event on 13 May 2024

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Urban resilience past, present and future: celebrating David Satterthwaite

Event on 14 May 2024

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Housing justice: securing affordable inner-city homes through retrofitting

Event on 22 March 2024

Head and shoulder of Mafalda Duarte with the text "Barbara Ward Lecture, outstanding women in development".

Barbara Ward Lecture 2024: Mafalda Duarte

Event on 14 May 2024

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Women paying the health cost of the climate crisis

Event on 07 March 2024

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CBA18: local solutions inspiring global action

Event on 06 May 2024

A flooded road with vehicles submerged in water due to heavy rainfall.

Looking ahead at 2024: what's in store for climate and nature?

Event on 30 January 2024

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Actions after impacts: non-party stakeholders delivering solutions to address loss and damage

Event on 06 December 2023

Where to find IIED and partners at COP28: event listing

Event on 30 November 2023

Two men standing in front of wind turbines.

What does justice mean for the energy transition and how do we achieve it?

Event on 16 November 2023

Development and Climate Days 2023

Event on 07 December 2023

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Tackling loss and damage: practical solutions from the frontline

Event on 07 November 2023

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Launch event: Anticipatory Social Protection Index for Resilience (ASPIRE)

Event on 30 October 2023

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Why does gender matter in a ‘just transition’?

Event on 26 October 2023