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Barbara Ward lecture

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2024 Barbara Ward Lecture: put social justice at the heart of sustainable development, says Mafalda Duarte

Article, 14 June 2024

Head and shoulders photo of a woman alongside the words: "Green Climate Fund executive director Mafalda Duarte" and "Barbara Ward Lecture 2024"

Global climate finance leader to deliver 2024 Barbara Ward Lecture

News, 19 March 2024

Head and shoulder of Mafalda Duarte with the text "Barbara Ward Lecture, outstanding women in development".

Barbara Ward Lecture 2024: Mafalda Duarte

Event on 14 May 2024

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2021 Barbara Ward Lecture: Rebeca Grynspan says nothing is ever so small that it cannot make a difference

Article, 16 December 2021

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Barbara Ward Lecture 2021: Rebeca Grynspan

Event on 06 December 2021

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Rebeca Grynspan, UNCTAD secretary-general, to give Barbara Ward Lecture 2021

News, 29 October 2021

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Mary Robinson: 2006 Barbara Ward Lecture on climate change and justice (Chatham House, London)

Publication, 01 December 2006

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Nominating your outstanding women in development

Article, 15 June 2020

Gro Harlem Brundtland's speech was followed by a question and answer session with the audience (Photo: Julius Honnor/Contentious)

2018 Barbara Ward Lecture: Gro Harlem Brundtland calls for people to speak out against simplistic politics of populism

Article, 15 June 2018

Urban climate action champion Debra Roberts gave the 2016 Barbara Ward Lecture (Image: IIED)

2016 Barbara Ward Lecture: Debra Roberts says global urbanisation strategy needs greater focus on practical implementation

Article, 11 October 2016

Champion of urban climate action Debra Roberts will deliver IIED's 2016 Barbara Ward Lecture. Click the image to apply to attend the event (Image: IIED)

Jack of all trades, master of the urban agenda

News, 14 September 2016

Debra Roberts will become the latest 'outstanding woman in development' to deliver the Barbara Ward Lecture

Champion of urban climate action to deliver IIED's 2016 Barbara Ward Lecture

News, 19 July 2016

Fatima Denton delivers the 2014 Barbara Ward Lecture at the British Library in London in November 2014 (Photo: Julius Honnor/IIED)

2014 Barbara Ward Lecture: Fatima Denton calls for a "new paradigm" for African development

Event on 20 November 2014

The Barbara Ward Lecture signage at the British Library for the 2014 event (Photo: Julius Honnor/IIED)

Image gallery: 2014 Barbara Ward Lecture

Article, 24 November 2014

The view from the back of the conference centre at the British Library for the 2014 Barbara Ward Lecture (Photo: Matt Wright/IIED)

Hundreds discuss rewriting the narrative on Africa and climate change

News, 20 November 2014

Inspiring climate leaders, such as UNECA's Fatima Denton, are needed for Africa to tackle climate change (Photo: UNECA)

Africa moves ahead to tackle climate change

Insight, 17 November 2014

Images such as this of a culvert constructed to allow villagers to cross the River Mahenya in Kenya, but which proves insufficient at times of extreme rainfall, are often used to tell the story of climate change in Africa. But Fatima Denton will challenge that narrative in her Barbara Ward Lecture (Photo: Robin Wyatt, http://www.robinwyatt.org/photography/)

Room for optimism on Africa, the "hopeful" continent

Insight, 21 October 2014

The British Library will host the 2014 Barbara Ward Lecture, with guest speaker Dr Fatima Denton (Photo: Wikipedia Commons licence)

2014 IIED lecture: Let's rewrite the narrative on Africa and climate change

News, 07 October 2014

Mary Robinson called on the international community to focus on the human rights aspect of climate change when she gave the inaugural Barbara Ward lecture in London

2006 Barbara Ward Lecture: Mary Robinson makes climate change a justice issue

Event on 11 December 2006

Barbara Ward in the audience

IIED's founder: Barbara Ward

Article, 20 August 2014

Connie Hedegaard stressed the importance of setting tough targets for reducing carbon emissions when she gave the 2010 Barbara Ward Lecture

2010 Barbara Ward Lecture: Connie Hedegaard suggests tougher targets for CO2

Event on 11 May 2010

IIED founder Barbara Ward, who would have been 100 on 23 May, set out the case for a fairer, more just world system

A vision of our world that is sustainable, fairer and realisable: memories of Barbara Ward

Insight, 27 May 2014

World leaders who sought the advice of IIED founder, who would have been 100 on 23 May 2014, included two US presidents, and several UK prime ministers and heads of state from Africa and Asia

Remembering Barbara Ward: in her own words

Article, 23 May 2014

World leaders who sought the advice of IIED founder, who would have been 100 on 23 May 2014, included two US presidents, and several UK prime ministers and heads of state from Africa and Asia

100 years of Barbara Ward: IIED founder and champion of sustainable development

Article, 23 May 2014

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