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Our flagship podcast, Make Change Happen, provides insight into our work to create positive change. We also regularly publish written and video interviews with our experts and partners from across the world.

Make Change Happen episode 39

Living with urban drought: Make Change Happen podcast episode 39

25 August 2026

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Housing challenges are not solved by forced evictions. What is the way forward? Make Change Happen podcast episode 38

30 April 2026

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Interview: embedding gender in the multilateral climate funds

12 February 2026

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Networks, not global forums, to drive climate action? Make Change Happen podcast episode 37

20 January 2026

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Interview: How to strengthen funding for global South communities to lead on climate and nature solutions – reflections from COP30

10 December 2025

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Interview: Putting global South communities at the centre of climate and nature funding conversations

07 November 2025

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Solidarity, collaboration and justice – the future of food systems: Make Change Happen podcast episode 36

18 September 2025

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Time to reset the international development agenda: Make Change Happen podcast episode 35

25 June 2025

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Nature finance: what’s being done and is it working? Make Change Happen podcast episode 34

Article, 11 June 2025

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Locally-led nature restoration: critical for a sustainable future – Make Change Happen podcast episode 33

Article, 22 April 2025

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Gender justice: why is progress so slow? Make Change Happen podcast episode 32

Article, 10 April 2025

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Interview: Why the community-based adaptation conference is more important than ever

Article, 09 April 2025

Country climate targets: another missed deadline – Make Change Happen podcast episode 31

Article, 20 February 2025

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Interview: Improving women’s participation in global climate talks

Article, 04 February 2025

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Taking stock – opportunities for action in 2025: Make Change Happen podcast episode 29

Article, 12 December 2024

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Money, politics and power – reforming the international financial architecture: Make Change Happen podcast episode 28

Article, 30 September 2024

Houses submerged by rising water in one of Bangladesh's coastal areas.

Interview: Why trust, not cash, is key to locally led adaptation

Article, 08 August 2024

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Confronting injustice with collective action – IIED's new manifesto: Make Change Happen podcast episode 27

Article, 25 July 2024

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Interview: A key moment – LIFE-AR ready to roll out in Uganda

Article, 30 May 2024

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Critical minerals and the green energy transition: Make Change Happen podcast episode 26

Article, 23 May 2024

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Energy transition, community fragmentation and territorial justice: an interview with Sonia Ramos

Article, 17 April 2024

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Interview: Why the 18th community-based adaptation event is not to be missed!

Article, 02 April 2024

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Hidden handbrakes – what’s holding back climate action?: Make Change Happen podcast episode 25

Article, 31 January 2024

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Interview: New scorecards expose what’s going wrong in the climate finance delivery chain – and pilot how to fix it

Article, 30 November 2023

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Filling in the gaps - how Delhi organisations provided food relief during COVID-19: Make Change Happen podcast episode 24

Article, 18 October 2023

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Help cities help people – bringing everyone together in the refugee response: Make Change Happen podcast episode 23

Article, 17 August 2023

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Interview: Women from least developed countries and the international climate negotiations − how can we close the gap?

Article, 05 July 2023

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Challenging queer erasure in climate action and urban development: Make Change Happen podcast episode 22

Article, 26 June 2023

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Ripple effects and revolutions – women leaders in climate and biodiversity: Make Change Happen podcast episode 21

Article, 07 March 2023

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Can mitigation deliver better cities in the global South? Make Change Happen podcast episode 20

Article, 19 December 2022

Informal housing

Interviews: co-creating pathways to urban equality

Article, 23 November 2022

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Interview: How can the Santiago Network for Loss and Damage meet the technical needs of communities vulnerable to climate change?

Article, 29 September 2022