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Sustainability agenda ignores democracy at its peril
… of action on this neglected agenda. Irah Ruth Borinaga, Philippines, Director IV, Office of the Senate Secretary General, Senate of the … connection between democracy and sustainability ."   Camilla Toulmin, director of the International Institute for Environment and Development: … relationship with the future ." Richard Ingwe, Nigeria, Executive Director, Centre for Research and Action on Developing Locales, Regions …
News, 20 March 2013
Two women harvest crops in a field
Principles for locally led adaptation
Article, 21 January 2021
Convention on Biological Diversity COP logo
Women are advancing the march to protect biodiversity
… are used sustainably. Joji Cariño, senior policy advisor and former director at the Forest Peoples Programme , will discuss how to get the …
News, 09 October 2018
Marchers, including Saleemul Huq, at the New York climate change march (Photos: IIED)
Huq hails People's Climate march ahead of UN summit
… environments. Huq marched with the Bangladeshi community, while IIED director Camilla Toulmin wa also present for the New York march. Huq, also the director of the International Center for Climate Change Adaptation and …
News, 23 September 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?
… Nick Robins, co-director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Inquiry into … forum that encourages dialogue and debate. Sony Kapoor, the Managing Director of international think tank Re-Define, and Eric Beinhocker, the Executive Director of the Institute for New Economic Thinking's research program, …
Event, 15 May 2014
A huddle of people gather around one person to give advice and discuss negotiating tactics
Leading from the front: responding with urgency to the climate emergency
… to the GCA and Chair of the UK Environment Agency Violet Shivutse, Director of Shibuye Community Health Workers and Chair of Huairou … Extinction Rebellion The panel and Q&A was chaired by Andrew Norton, Director, IIED. 2.20-2.40pm: Coffee break 2.40-4pm: Financing urgent …
Event, 01 July 2019
The Paris Agreement is celebrated (Photo: francediplomatie, Creative Commons via Flickr)
Briefing: After Paris – what's next for the LDCs?
Event, 22 February 2016
A photo of the Amazon rainforest, with water in the foreground. Sixty per cent of the rainforest, which covers 2,100,000 square miles, is located in Brazil (Photo: www.bbmexplorer.com, Creative Commons, via Flickr)
Critical theme: lessons and ideas for sustainable development in the Amazon
… Monday, 23 October. The keynote speaker was Virgilio Viana, general director of Fundação Amazonas Sustentável (FAS) , or the Sustainable …
Event, 23 October 2017
The Barbara Ward Lecture signage at the British Library for the 2014 event (Photo: Julius Honnor/IIED)
Image gallery: 2014 Barbara Ward Lecture
… for the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and is also the director of the special initiatives division of the  United Nations …
Article, 24 November 2014
Pavan Sukhdev makes a Critical Theme presentation to IIED staff (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)
Understanding what's at stake
… to IIED by Pavan Sukhdev from IIED Sony Kapoor, the Managing Director of international think tank Re-Define, and Eric Beinhocker, the Executive Director of the Institute for New Economic Thinking's research program, …
Event, 11 March 2014