Emily Benson
Senior researcher, Shaping Sustainable Markets; programme manager, Green Economy Coalition
Communications; research; writing; media outreach; stakeholder engagement; conducting global consultations to develop policy; and assessing the quality of stakeholder participation.
Leading on the communications for the Green Economy Coalition, which is currently housed at IIED. Emily is also a senior researcher for the Shaping Sustainable Markets research group at IIED.
Head of communications and engagement at Stakeholder Forum for a sustainable future, an international organisation working to empower the voices of different stakeholder groups in UN policy processes. Prior to that, documentary-making as a researcher and producer.
Emily Benson's blog posts
On 25 February IIED is hosting an event on the informal sector – we want to better understand how it can contribute to creating a greener and more inclusive economy.
The UN Secretary General's High-Level Panel has published their set of recommendations to replace the Millennium Development Goals. What is the verdict? How do they ‘score’?
<p>President Jonathan of Nigeria has partly recalled his New Year policy, restoring most of the subsidy on fossil fuels, following days of strikes. So, was he right to repeal the subsidy on fossil fuels?</p>
We’ve come a step closer to a petrol-free future. This week in the UK, the world’s first national charging network for electric cars was launched.