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IIED at 50 must be ready to listen and change: Liz Carlile and Tara Shine in conversation
… and authoritative. “The people that IIED has had the pleasure to work with, and learn from, along the way have been critical to its … success,” she adds. “So it was a pleasure to have a conversation with our board chair, Dr Tara Shine (TS), whom I first met more than a decade … caused by human beings’ poor relationship with the environment, and our undervaluing of the environment as a resource. So until we change …
Article, 19 August 2021
A group of people, largely young people, gather to pose for a photo, inside a conference venue.
Building a resilient future led by youth
… youth are tomorrow’s leaders and an essential voice in redesigning our economic, political and financial systems to ensure a resilient, … ideas, delivering impactful projects on the ground to holding our leaders accountable,” said Vanessa Terschluse, chief editor of The … we will be able to bring together youth from all over the world to work on resilience for both food systems and climate change," said Dr …
News, 17 November 2022
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Bhutan’s climate ambition: showcasing leadership, delivering inclusive action
… sectors such as agriculture, hydropower and forestry. Despite our vulnerabilities, we are doing more than our fair share in taking action to mitigate climate change and adapt to … forward as a front runner country under LIFE-AR to showcase our work to the global community on how to fasttrack just and inclusive …
Insight, 08 March 2022
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Keeping up the pressure
… So this annual review also looks forward, anticipating how we will work with partners to make change happen in 2022. To meet these and … what we do best: collective action and local agency have now been at our core for 50 years, fulfilling the pioneering vision of our founder, Barbara Ward.   …
Publication, 15 February 2022
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IIED's best of 2021: videos
… Read our 10 most downloaded publications of 2021 Read our 10 most read blogs of 2021 After 2020 saw a significant increase in … partners the opportunity to tell the story of how they continued to work together for a better future for all. This video focusing on …
Insight, 28 December 2021
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A play on Wordle: using games to communicate climate issues
… research and influencing policy change.  But over the last six weeks our eco-friendly adaptation of the Wordle game has introduced a wider … over 150,000 people, including eminent climate scientists and some of our key donors. Based on ' #Wordle ', the trending guessing-game, @IIED … — Generation180 (@Gen_180) January 28, 2022 Wordle of mouth Our biggest initial problem was its name. We struggled to find a …
Insight, 15 March 2022
On the left, a panel of 4 people siting on a table with microphones. On the right, a man on a videocall.
IIED guidance on panel representation
… Led by our board of trustees , director and senior leadership teams , IIED has … preparation required to ensure that we have diversity of voices in our external representation and panel events (taking account of gender, … the selection process. There is no prescriptive recipe that can work in all situations, but we can always make sure that we have asked …
Article, 07 April 2022
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IIED at 50 – reflecting on the past, looking to the future: Make Change Happen podcast episode 15
… IIED’s  ‘Make Change Happen’ podcast provides an opportunity to hear our researchers and guests discuss key global development challenges and … the environment and development and make this link the focus of our work – a focus that prevails today.  Abeysinghe pinpoints IIED as …
Article, 10 January 2022
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Interview: Why should governments, banks and multilateral agencies attend CBA16?
… as a passive listener. We also want to have an opportunity to give our perspective as a donor, to be able to say: that we regard it as important. We've demonstrated through our commitments to date that we regard this as an important initiative. … to be able to ask difficult questions as well. We are accountable to our taxpayers. Community-based adaptation is a fabulous concept, and we …
Article, 27 September 2022
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Confronting structural inequalities in South-North research collaborations
… and action, even subconsciously, and the power dynamics operating in our direct relations and surrounding contexts. We must question … This has been the most enriching part of my job. Looking back on the work I did, as an emerging scholar, on the global rush to land , some of … Some of the more authentic partnerships I experienced entailed our collaborators accessing resources directly from global funders, with …
Insight, 11 May 2022