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Race to the Top
Project, 25 June 2008
A partly visible road and bridge due to muddy water covering half of it.
Loss and damage does not happen in a vacuum – it relates to power and politics
… Development, humanitarian and climate finance are mobilised in top-down, paternalistic, neo-colonial ways. Donor-driven interventions … people whom the finance ostensibly aims to support. These top-down development policies and adaptation interventions reproduce and … relates to unequal power relations between groups (based on gender, race, disability and more), that create privilege and security for some …
Insight, 16 August 2022
Three farmers plan their crops on a steep hillside
Thorny issues: achieving a fair and equitable Global Goal on Adaptation
Insight, 25 January 2021
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Tackling gender inequality to promote inclusion and justice in society
… Inequality not only arising from gender difference but from age, race, religion, disability, sexuality and wealth.  This challenge … This review, combined with the policy, sent a clear message that a top priority for the coming year is to build staff capability and create … workplace for women and men regardless of their background, age, race, ethnicity or religion. We're generating ideas for specific pieces …
Insight, 06 July 2020
A masked protester holds up a sign saying "Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere"
Promoting anti-racist narratives in development sector research
… development research consistently mask - and by default deny - the race-based oppression, injustice and exploitation that underpin the … field is a visible challenge. Also, the topics that rise to the top of research agendas, and donor-driven approaches to sharing research …
Insight, 19 May 2022
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Assessing progress – putting IIED’s gender research ambitions into practice
… gender and its intersection with other sources of inequality, such as race, ethnicity, disability and migration status. We set out this vision … intersectionality. It’s critical this commitment is lived out at the top – by senior management, group directors and team leaders. We also …
Insight, 23 April 2021
Group of people sit and stand in a circle under a palm tree
Rethinking research and development approaches from a decolonisation perspective
… from Sweden’s Lund University  – and on IIED’s commitment to address race and racism , gender equality and intersectionality , and to work in … of donor agencies. These predominantly Northern-based agencies deploy top-down approaches not informed by local knowledge and context – …
Insight, 14 July 2021
Chinese supermarket. Photo: Simon Lim
Reflections on ten years of rating big brands for sustainability
… and water resources. The big surprise is the company sitting at the top of the league table. It’s Nestlé, the bête noire of campaigners … we coordinated an effort to benchmark the top UK retailers, with the Race to the Top (RTTT) project At that time, it was perhaps the most … any associated costs. Much has happened in the ten years between ‘Race to the Top’ and ‘Behind the Brands’. The level of corporate …
Insight, 27 February 2013
Screenshot of a the Biocultural Heritage site's homepage.
Our other sites and networks
… in the context of local food systems and livelihoods. Project page Race to the top 2002 – 2003 A project based on constructive engagement between an …
Page, 30 September 2022
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Stakeholder accountability in the UK supermarket sector
… This report charts the course of the Race to the Top project, an innovative collaboration to track supermarket progress …
Publication, 01 January 2004