All posts by Mia Hunt

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  Trump administration moves to reform top federal officials’ performance reviews

  The Trump administration has proposed to reform the performance appraisal for senior officials to make fewer executives eligible for top marks and the highest annual bonuses. The move follows a

  • Posted May 6, 2025
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  Current climate policy ‘doomed to fail’, says former UK PM Tony Blair

  Net zero policies are increasingly viewed as “unaffordable, ineffective, or politically toxic” and efforts to phase out fossil fuels in the short term are “doomed to fail”, according to a

  • Posted May 1, 2025
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  Paris Agreement goals out of reach unless top emitters step up, study warns

  Collective efforts “still fall far short” of what is needed to limit global warming to 1.5C of pre-industrial levels, according to research by the World Resources Institute (WRI). The study

  • Posted April 24, 2025
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  Women’s Network news round-up: from calls for the first woman UN secretary-general to workplace support for women’s health

  GGF brings you the latest roundup of women-focused and gender equity news, including calls for the appointment of the first woman UN secretary-general, Israel’s failure to meet its obligation for

  • Posted April 23, 2025
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  Bringing in good ideas from everywhere: how to tackle groupthink in government

  Creating diverse and inclusive public and civil service teams is one of the key ways that governments can ensure that services are responsive to the needs of their populations –

  • Posted April 17, 2025
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  UK government releases research and innovation framework for climate change adaptation

  The UK government has identified research and innovation challenges across 11 sectors that will need to be addressed in a bid to drive collaborative action on climate change adaptation. The

  • Posted April 15, 2025
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  Integrate mission governance into climate policy, says OECD

  Governments should integrate mission governance into climate mitigation efforts to better drive progress towards green goals, the OECD has said.    In its report – ‘Harnessing mission governance to achieve

  • Posted April 10, 2025
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  ‘Incredibly bold’ UK missions driving a more agile civil service, say speakers at Innovation 2025

  The UK government’s missions-based approach is challenging the civil service’s traditionally vertical structure, fostering collaboration across disciplines, and offers an opportunity to regain public trust. This was the message from

  • Posted March 26, 2025
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  Innovation 2025 – day 2 live

  Innovation is a unique exhibition and conference that brings together government leaders from across the globe responsible for the transformation and acceleration of their public sector organisations and servi

  • Posted March 26, 2025
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  Innovation ‘key to getting government operating at the best of its ability’, Little tells civil servants

  Civil servants in the UK must foster an experimental and “risk-smart” culture, Cat Little, the chief operating officer for the UK civil service and permanent secretary to the Cabinet Office,

  • Posted March 25, 2025
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