Episodes

  • 37. Networks, not global forums, to drive climate action?

    37. Networks, not global forums, to drive climate action?
    Jan 20 2026
    In this episode, IIED principal researcher Anna Schulz and Green Economy Coalition convenor Carina Bachofen discuss the impact of a rapidly changing multilateral system on climate ambition. With the help of their guests, they consider alternatives to global forums for bringing about change.
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    17 mins
  • 36. Solidarity, collaboration and justice – the future of food systems

    36. Solidarity, collaboration and justice – the future of food systems
    Sep 18 2025
    The focus is on food systems. The world is missing targets for addressing hunger and malnutrition while food systems contribute to nature loss and climate change. So how can sustainable food systems tackle those issues and also provide jobs, support economies and reduce poverty?
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    18 mins
  • 35. Time to reset the international development agenda

    35. Time to reset the international development agenda
    Jun 25 2025
    In this episode, IIED executive director Tom Mitchell discusses revitalising a commitment to international development and in the process, getting money to where it is needed most and can be used to best effect – to the local level.
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    15 mins
  • 34. Nature finance: what’s being done and is it working?

    34. Nature finance: what’s being done and is it working?
    Jun 11 2025
    In this episode, principal researcher Ebony Holland talks to Simon Cullen about the importance of nature finance and the need for changes in practice to make sure money for nature resilience gets to Indigenous Peoples and local communities.
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    14 mins
  • 33. Locally-led nature restoration: critical for a sustainable future

    33. Locally-led nature restoration: critical for a sustainable future
    Apr 22 2025
    In this episode, IIED researcher Francesca Booker and Ritchel Cahilig from the Haribon Foundation talk about the critical role local leadership plays not only in restoring nature itself but also in conserving local culture, identity and communities too.
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    24 mins
  • 32. Gender justice: why is progress so slow?

    32. Gender justice: why is progress so slow?
    Apr 10 2025
    In this episode, IIED’s senior researcher Karen Wong-Pérez talks to IIED’s senior press and PR manager, Simon Cullen, about global progress towards gender justice and why the journey towards gender-just environmental action isn’t moving quickly enough.
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    15 mins
  • 31. Country climate targets: another missed deadline

    31. Country climate targets: another missed deadline
    Feb 20 2025
    In this episode, IIED’s climate diplomacy researcher Camilla More and senior climate finance researcher Sejal Patel discuss why so many countries missed the recent deadline for submitting their 2035 climate targets – and the implications for global climate action.
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    14 mins
  • 29. Taking stock – opportunities for action in 2025

    29. Taking stock – opportunities for action in 2025
    Dec 12 2024
    Our latest episode revisits the key themes covered on Make Change Happen during 2025, including critical minerals, climate action and reform of the international financial architecture. As well as reflecting on the progress made, our hosts – IIED’s Simon Cullen and Lindlyn Moma – highlight the big opportunities for global action in 2025, discussing what it will take to see change in the nature, climate and inequality crises.
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    27 mins