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

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

Man in black jacket walking among temporary tents and shelters.

How can we achieve a world without long-term refugee camps?

Event on 27 September 2023

View of informal housing and vegetation in the background.

Better for everyone: exposing the hidden value of equitable housing in informal settlements

Event on 20 July 2023

A group of people sitting at desks in a room facing a panel

Hidden handbrakes – exposing the unseen blockers of climate action

Event on 30 June 2023

A house submerged in flood waters with a tree towering above

Preparing for crisis: investing in climate adaptation and disaster resilience

Event on 07 March 2023

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Related global conferences

See the events and work IIED and partners shared at 2022's major summits

UN climate change conference (COP27)

A series of pages related to IIED's activities at the 2022 UNFCCC climate change summit in Sharm el-Sheikh

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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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Related events series

How IIED events are challenging established thinking and sharing communication lessons

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IIED short seminars: challenges for a post-COVID-19 world

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

Communications Learning Weeks

Past events

A view from above of densely packed homes.

Film launch: Protracted displacement and urban crises

Event on 28 September 2020

Houses view from above.

COVID-19 and the housing crisis in the global South – time for change

Event on 05 October 2020

A woman and a man smiling.

Introduction to the CBA14 Dragon’s Den

Event on 02 September 2020

Stilt houses tower above water.

Loss and damage – research, policy and lived experience in least developed countries

Event on 08 September 2020

Man, wearing a blue tunic, stands with his back to the camera and looks at huts in the background.

COVID-19, debt relief, and the climate and biodiversity crises

Event on 09 September 2020

Indian woman does maintenance work on solar panel, with mountains in the background.

Experience sharing on long-term strategies (LTS) in least developed countries

Event on 13 August 2020

A farmer bends down to inspect his crops on a field.

What does the Paris Agreement’s transparency framework mean for LDCs?

Event on 04 August 2020

A young man looking at a mangrove seedling

CBA14 Setting the stage: from crisis to climate action

Event on 21 July 2020

IIED at London Climate Action Week 2020

Event on 01 July 2020

Resilience in light of COVID-19: climate action on the road to COP26

Event on 03 July 2020

Market traders wearing face masks sell produce

Inequality in the face of COVID-19: how grassroots communities are taking action

Event on 02 July 2020

A man wearing a face mark hands a bag to a woman also wearing a face mask

Climate, COVID-19, and the collaboration we need

Event on 17 June 2020

Two women draw water from a well

Land, investment and migration: a portrait of village life in Mali

Event on 17 June 2020

A fisher casting a net from a small boat surrounded by a large expanse of water

Closing the gap: financing the transition towards an inclusive blue economy

Event on 10 June 2020

A handwritten sign is help up saying "Fight today for a better tomorrow"

Climate activism in the time of COVID-19

Event on 14 May 2020

Two women sit as they hand pick coffee beans at a desk

Kenya’s coffee sector in the COVID-19 context: can producer agency be sustained?

Event on 19 May 2020

An illustration of a mountain

Nature-based solutions for climate change: from global ambition to local action

Event on 22 May 2020

A woman showing her identification card to two officials

Webinar report: Gender inequalities in social protection

Event on 02 April 2020

Three people gather around a wooden table on which papers are stacked

Webinar: Gender inequalities in social protection – people, households and climate adaptation

Event on 02 April 2020

An irrigation pond.

CBA14: From local solutions to global action

Event on 20 September 2020

Three elephants eating

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

Event on 01 January 2021

A farmer standing in a field holds a mobile phone to her ear

Webinar: Using technology to increase market and finance access for smallholders

Event on 24 March 2020

An African wild dog

IIED webinar: Community-based approaches to tackling poaching and illegal wildlife trade

Event on 30 March 2020

A road full of congested traffic.

IIED and partner events at the World Urban Forum (WUF10)

Event on 08 February 2020