Sustainable Development to Combat Poverty

What more can we do to place gender equity at the heart of climate action?

Women are disproportionately impacted by climate change, and face greater barriers in accessing the opportunities that come with the green transition. What more can

Climate Justice, Gender

February 14, 2023

How can business drive climate justice through supply chains? – highlight video

Hosted with Meta This session explored how business can support climate justice by building supply chain resilience, especially for those people living in the

Business, Climate Justice

February 14, 2023

How can we support new voices for climate justice?

Hosted with Meta Interviewees: Amanda Gardiner, Head, Sustainability Innovation & Engagement, Meta Sophia Li, Journalist and Climate Advocate

Climate Justice, Global Goals, Social Enterprises

February 14, 2023

How can we accelerate access to clean water, sanitation and hygiene?

Hosted with Reckitt The pandemic and effects of climate change are creating a challenging terrain with high levels of water stress impacting the most

Global Goals, Social Enterprises, Water and Sanitation

February 13, 2023

How can business support vulnerable people and communities in the face of the poverty tsunami?

COVID, conflict and climate change are among a confluence of challenges driving a tsunami of poverty that is already crashing into the lives of

Climate Justice, Corporate Impact, Health

February 13, 2023

Systems change for social and ecological transformation: putting nature at the heart of scaling impact

A narrow understanding of systems thinking is holding social impact non-profits back from creating transformative change. As long as ‘natural systems’ remain the domain of environmental non-profits alone, we perpetuate an arbitrary separation between nature and humans – one that suits the drivers of our exploitative systems. Instead, we need to think about our systems as social-ecological and recognise that nature is the concern of social impact makers too.

Climate Action, Climate Justice, Corporate Impact

February 9, 2023

How do we apply a climate justice lens to build business and community resilience?

This session, hosted with Change by Degrees, explored how businesses can put people at the heart of their climate actions. What does climate justice

Climate Justice, Measuring Social Impact

February 7, 2023

Quotes from our members about Climate Justice 2022

Climate Justice

February 7, 2023

Global voices on climate justice – Highlight

We heard about insights, priorities and actions by members of our community and beyond from around the world including Fiji, Ghana, Uganda, India, Sudan,

Business, Climate Justice

February 7, 2023

Four Essential Elements for the “Just” in “Just Transitions”

The concept of “just transition” – a whole-of-society approach to decarbonisation that respects human rights while promoting sustainable development, the eradication of poverty, and the creation of decent work and quality jobs – has come increasingly centre stage in national and international discussions on finance, energy, agriculture, and other key industrial transitions to net-zero.

Climate Justice, Corporate Impact, Human Rights

February 2, 2023

Business Fights Poverty Climate Justice 2023

The online Business Fights Poverty Climate Summit 2023, broadcasting live from Dubai and Nairobi during the COP28 climate summit, will give you the chance to

Climate Justice

January 31, 2023

Millers Change the Game for Food Fortification

Davos event calls on private and public sector actors to support, empower and reward millers who fortify commonly consumed staple foods with essential micronutrients

Agriculture, Food and Nutrition

January 24, 2023

Effective Partnerships: Key to Supporting Climate Vulnerable Communities

Practical Action’s purpose for almost 60 years has been to work with people living in poverty so that they can transform their lives and influence wider systems change so that the changes can be sustained and scaled. This now means that almost everything we do with communities, business or government includes dealing with the impacts of the climate crisis.

Climate & Environment, Climate Justice, Partnerships

January 23, 2023

Seafood’s Social Justice Problem: How to Better Share the Benefits of Aquatic Foods

The pursuit of profit has left the global fish and seafood sector – the world’s fastest growing food-producing industry – in disarray. Facing unsustainable growth and undermined social justice, the sector must work to ensure the socioeconomic benefits of aquatic – or blue – foods are equitably unlocked for all.

Agriculture, Human Rights

January 18, 2023

Women Cotton Farmers and Climate Solutions

CottonConnect believe that climate adaptation and mitigation are more effective when women are involved. Given the right training, skills and tools, women tend to make more sustainable decisions. They bring holistic change to communities and drive progress. When elevated to a decision-making position, women encourage better climate governance and more climate innovation.

Agriculture, Climate & Environment, Climate Justice, Gender

January 12, 2023

Walking for Climate Justice: Community Voices Share their Desperation and Sparks of Hope.

I am a climate activist – and I walk. In the last 11 years I have walked over 35 million steps in the name of climate action. And in that time, I meet people and I listen. During the climate conference of 2022, instead of walking in Egypt, I walked with communities in Zambia, and I listened. This is a story of what I heard.

Agriculture, Climate & Environment, Climate Justice

January 12, 2023

NGO Advocacy with Chelsea Hodgkins, Oxfam America

How can civil society hold businesses and governments to account? This podcast examines the role of NGO advocacy and activism in pushing for better social and environmental outcomes.