All posts by Mia Hunt

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  A seat at the table: women’s role in the fight against climate change

  Women are disproportionately affected by the impacts of climate change, yet rarely enjoy equal representation in climate decision-making, leading to policies that do not adequately address their needs. On International

  • Posted March 13, 2025
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  Is gender equality under threat? An International Women’s Day conversation with Julia Gillard and Bridget Phillipson  

  Those involved in the women’s liberation movements in the US and Europe in the 1960s would be dismayed to learn the results of a new report, which shows that young

  • Posted March 6, 2025
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  UN resumes Climate Weeks to accelerate action

  The UN is to hold two ‘Climate Weeks’ events this year, bringing together governments and other stakeholders in a bid to boost political ambition and accelerate climate action on the

  • Posted February 26, 2025
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  Women’s Network news round-up: From gender bias in AI to Australia’s new equality strategy

  It’s been a busy month for women-focused and gender equality news. Here we pull together a selection of articles from the last few weeks, including an interview on gender bias

  • Posted February 21, 2025
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  ‘At the cutting edge of the hardest stuff’: Five minutes with Carla Groom, head of human-centred design science at the UK’s DWP

  In this sister series to our ‘Five minutes with’ interviews, we share insights from the civil and public service leaders who will speak at our Innovation 2025 conference. Taking place in

  • Posted February 19, 2025
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  UK’s Net Zero Council relaunched with ‘broader range of voices’

  The UK government has relaunched the Net Zero Council and expanded its membership to include civil society and local government. The council – whose remit is to advise government on

  • Posted February 18, 2025
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  Innovation key to unlocking gains in productivity and resilience, says UK audit chief

  Public service leaders should articulate risk appetite, harness the potential of new technologies and develop a culture of fast learning and adaptation if they are to boost innovation in government,

  • Posted February 11, 2025
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  US Treasury leaves major climate risk mitigation network

  The US Treasury and central bank have withdrawn from a group of central banks and regulators created to mitigate climate risk in the financial system and support the transition to

  • Posted February 5, 2025
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  UN hails leap forward in global climate action transparency

  Ninety nations have formally reported progress towards meeting their Paris Agreement commitments, in what the UN called a “critical effort… ensuring transparency in global climate action”. The cornerstone of

  • Posted January 31, 2025
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  How governments can make the digital transformation journey – from Barbados to Iceland

  Iceland and Barbados might seem very different. They are about 4,000 miles apart and have wildly different climates for a start. However, as two small island nations with similar populations,

  • Posted February 29, 2024
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