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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.
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.
Slam the Gavel welcomes John Scott from Florida to the podcast. John is the victim of multiple DCF Civil Rights Violations by a caseworker that has since left DCF. It all started November 6th, 2023. The caseworker, B. Bachelor, was rude, made malicious insinuations and wanted John to go into detail about DV that was done to him by his ex while in front of the children. This caseworker criminally conspired with multiple members of the Okaloosa County, FL Sheriff's Department to have him arrested for allegedly being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. However, there was a paperwork issue.... Where is the accountability?? John discussed his story and has a 2023 arrest case sealed by a Federal Judge and a 2022 Civil Rights Violation case sealed as well. John has court on April 7th, 2025 and has reached out to 200 law firms and found one that deals with DCF cases. John is trying to get the retainer together to be represented by Rapier Law Firm from Illinois. To Reach John Scott: nkchvactech315@gmail.com***** Supportshow(https://www.buymeacoffee.com/maryannpetri)Maryann Petri: dismantlingfamilycourtcorruption.comhttps://www.tiktok.com/@maryannpetriFacebook: https://www.youtube.com/@slamthegavelpodcasthostmar5536Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/guitarpeace/Pinterest: Slam The Gavel Podcast/@guitarpeaceLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maryann-petri-62a46b1ab/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@slamthegavelpodcasthostmar5536 Twitter https://x.com/PetriMaryannEzlegalsuit.comhttps://ko-fi.com/maryannpetri*DISCLAIMER* The use of this information is at the viewer/user's own risk. Not financial, medical nor legal advice as the content on this podcast does not constitute legal, financial, medical or any other professional advice. Viewer/user's should consult with the relevant professionals. Reproduction, distribution, performing, publicly displaying and making a derivative of the work is explicitly prohibited without permission from content creator. Podcast is protected by owner. The content creator maintains the exclusive right and any unauthorized copyright infringement is subject to legal prosecution. Support the showSupportshow(https://www.buymeacoffee.com/maryannpetri)http://www.dismantlingfamilycourtcorruption.com/
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.
In this episode, IIED's head of global climate governance, Subhi Barakat, and IIED's senior press and PR manager, Simon Cullen, discuss what Donald Trump's recent return to the White House means for international climate action.
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.
Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress (IIED) Source: Excerpts from "Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress (IIED)" Main Themes: Definition and elements of IIED Examples of outrageous conduct Requirements of intent or recklessness Defenses against IIED claims Application of IIED in specific circumstances (public figures, workplace) Limitations and challenges of IIED claims Most Important Ideas/Facts: 1. Definition and Elements: IIED allows recovery for severe emotional suffering caused by outrageous and intentional conduct. Four elements must be proven: Intentional or reckless conduct: Aiming to cause harm or acting with disregard for the high probability of harm. "The defendant must have intended to cause emotional harm or known that emotional harm was substantially certain to result from their actions." Extreme and outrageous conduct: Behavior exceeding the bounds of decency tolerated by society. "The standard of outrageousness is high, and courts have generally restricted the application of IIED to situations that go beyond the usual indignities, annoyances, and stresses of everyday life." Causation: A direct link between the defendant's conduct and the plaintiff's emotional distress. "The causation element ensures that only those injuries which are directly traceable to the defendant's actions are compensable under IIED." Severe emotional distress: Distress that no reasonable person should be expected to endure. "The term 'severe' is defined as distress that no reasonable person should be expected to endure. It must be more than trivial, transient, or slight emotional upset." 2. Examples of Outrageous Conduct: Employer abuse (verbal abuse, threats, harassment) Discriminatory harassment Exploitation of known sensitivities (phobias, trauma) Abusive conduct by authority figures (police, employers, landlords) 3. Intent/Recklessness: Intentional: Defendant desired to cause emotional harm. Reckless: Defendant acted with substantial disregard for the risk of causing emotional distress. 4. Defenses: Conduct not extreme or outrageous Consent (rarely applicable) First Amendment concerns (public figures, public concern) Lack of causation Lack of severe emotional distress 5. Special Circumstances: Public Figures: Must prove "actual malice" (knowledge of falsity or reckless disregard for truth). Workplace: Often combined with harassment/discrimination claims. Statutory remedies may preempt IIED claims. 6. Limitations and Challenges: High burden of proof (outrageousness and severity) Stringent evidentiary requirements (medical records, expert testimony, lay testimony) Statute of limitations Key Takeaways: IIED is a powerful tool for addressing severe emotional harm caused by egregious behavior. Proving IIED requires a high standard of proof and compelling evidence. Courts carefully balance the need to protect individuals from emotional distress with the importance of free speech and preventing frivolous claims. This briefing doc provides a concise overview of the key aspects of Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress. For specific legal advice, consult with an attorney. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/law-school/support
There is a critical need to reform the international financial architecture (IFA) – the framework of institutions, policies, rules and practices that govern the global financial system. In the episode, IIED's Laura Kelly and Mohsen Gul set the scene by explaining why the IFA needs to be fit for purpose and work for everyone, including the least developed countries (LDCs), and why discussions around IFA reforms must include the voices of lower-income countries, LDCs and Small Island Developing States (SIDS). IIED's chief economist Paul Steele then outlines three priorities for reform of the IFA. We also hear from IIED's Ritu Bharadwaj who discusses the Global SIDS Debt Sustainability Support Service, co-designed by IIED to alleviate crippling levels of debt and build economic resilience, and IIED partner Isatou Camara, who calls for faster and more accessible funding to reach the most vulnerable countries.
IIED has launched a 'Manifesto for a thriving world' and the need for new responses to a range of compounding crises, greater uncertainty and growing injustice. In this episode, the chair of IIED's board of trustees Tara Shine and trustee John Taylor discuss the intitute's plans for the future and changing ways of working. Tom Mitchell, IIED's executive director, stresses the importance of IIED being outward looking and being grounded in evidence and including the knowledge and voices of Indigenous Peoples and local communities. And Crissy Guerrero of the Non-Timber Forest Products Exchange Programme in Asia gives a practical example, outlining a certification scheme designed by forest producers to replace a system created by external parties for designating what can be labelled as organic.
Welcome to "The Legal Breakdown," where we focus on law school-style questions and deliver model answers to help you excel in your studies and beyond. Each episode, we present a challenging legal question, dissect its complexities, and provide a detailed model answer, guiding you through the reasoning process. Tort Law Exam Question: Jane and Bob are having a heated argument in a park. During the argument, Jane raises her fist and yells, "I'm going to punch you right now!" Bob, fearing imminent harm, steps back. At that moment, Jane's friend Mike, without permission, takes Bob's phone from a nearby bench and smashes it on the ground. Bob tries to leave the park, but Jane blocks his path and keeps him confined in the park for 20 minutes. Bob suffers severe emotional distress from the incident and subsequently files a lawsuit against Jane and Mike, claiming assault, battery, false imprisonment, trespass to chattels, and intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED). Bob has valid claims against Jane for assault, false imprisonment, and IIED, and against Mike for trespass to chattels. Model Answer: Assault: Jane's threat and her raised fist created reasonable apprehension of imminent harm for Bob, therefore, Jane is liable for assault. False Imprisonment: Jane intentionally confined Bob in the park for 20 minutes without lawful justification or consent, therefore, Jane is liable for false imprisonment. Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress (IIED): Jane's actions, including the threat of physical harm and the confinement, can be considered extreme and outrageous, therefore, Jane is liable for IIED. Trespass to Chattels: Mike took Bob's phone without permission and smashed it, causing physical damage and depriving Bob of its use, therefore, Mike is liable for trespass to chattels. Bob does not have a valid battery claim against Jane, as there was no actual physical contact. Property Law Exam Question: John decides to steal a valuable painting from a local art gallery. He plans the theft meticulously, intending to sell the painting on the black market. On the night of the theft, John breaks into the gallery and takes the painting, carefully avoiding security measures. While escaping, he hides the painting in his friend's car without his friend's knowledge. His friend, unaware of the theft, drives home with the painting in the trunk. Later, the police find the painting in the friend's car and arrest both John and his friend. Discuss the criminal liability of John and his friend under the principles of actus reus, mens rea, and parties to a crime. Include an analysis of whether John's friend can be held liable as a principal, accomplice, or accessory, and explain the distinction between real and personal property in this context. John is criminally liable for the theft of the painting due to the concurrence of his mens rea and actus reus. His friend is unlikely to be held liable as a principal or accomplice because he lacked both the actus reus and mens rea. The friend may be considered an accessory after the fact if it is proven he knowingly helped John evade detection. The painting, as personal property, falls under different legal rules than real property. Model Answer: John is criminally liable for the theft of the painting. His criminal intent (mens rea) and the actus reus, the physical act of breaking into the gallery and taking the painting, coincided, fulfilling the requirement for concurrence. John's friend is unlikely to be held liable as a principal or accomplice because he lacked both the actus reus and mens rea. The friend may be considered an accessory after the fact if it is proven he knowingly helped John evade detection. The painting is classified as personal property because it is a movable item not permanently attached to land. Constitutional Law Exam Question: Discuss the role of the system of checks and balances and federalism in preventing the concentration of power within the United States --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/law-school/support
Summary of Chapter 2: Intentional Torts. Chapter 2 of the Tort Law Hornbook delves into the category of intentional torts, which involve deliberate actions that cause harm to others. The key intentional torts discussed include battery, assault, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED), trespass to land, trespass to chattels, and conversion. Battery: Defined as intentional and harmful or offensive physical contact with another person without consent. Key elements include intent, contact, and the harmful or offensive nature of the contact. Defenses include consent, self-defense, and defense of others. Assault: Involves creating a reasonable apprehension of imminent harmful or offensive contact in another person. Key elements are intent, reasonable apprehension, and imminence. Defenses include consent, self-defense, and defense of others. False Imprisonment: Occurs when a person intentionally confines another within fixed boundaries without lawful justification and without consent. Key elements include intent, confinement, lack of consent, and the plaintiff's awareness or harm. Defenses include lawful authority, consent, and necessity. Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress (IIED): Involves extreme and outrageous conduct that intentionally or recklessly causes severe emotional distress. Key elements include extreme and outrageous conduct, intent or recklessness, causation, and severe emotional distress. Defenses include lack of intent or recklessness, conduct not deemed extreme and outrageous, and the plaintiff not experiencing severe emotional distress. Trespass to Land: Occurs when a person intentionally enters or remains on another's property without permission or lawful justification. Key elements include intent, entry, and lack of consent. Defenses include consent, necessity, and privilege. Trespass to Chattels: Involves intentional interference with another's personal property, resulting in harm or loss of use. Key elements include intent, interference, and harm or deprivation. Defenses include consent, necessity, and privilege. Conversion: Defined as the intentional exercise of control over another's personal property that seriously interferes with the owner's rights. Key elements include intent, dominion or control, and serious interference. Defenses include consent, lawful authority, and necessity. These intentional torts address various forms of wrongful conduct, providing legal frameworks to protect individuals' rights and property from intentional harm. The chapter also highlights relevant defenses, offering a balanced approach to adjudicating claims and recognizing justified actions. In this chapter, we've explored the core concepts of intentional torts, which involve deliberate actions that cause harm or interfere with the rights of others. These torts include battery, assault, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, trespass to land, trespass to chattels, and conversion. Each tort has specific elements that must be proven for a successful claim, and various defenses may be raised to counter these claims. Understanding these foundational aspects of intentional torts is essential for navigating the complexities of tort law. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/law-school/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/law-school/support
Summary of Chapter 2: Intentional Torts. Chapter 2 of the Tort Law Hornbook delves into the category of intentional torts, which involve deliberate actions that cause harm to others. The key intentional torts discussed include battery, assault, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED), trespass to land, trespass to chattels, and conversion. Battery: Defined as intentional and harmful or offensive physical contact with another person without consent. Key elements include intent, contact, and the harmful or offensive nature of the contact. Defenses include consent, self-defense, and defense of others. Assault: Involves creating a reasonable apprehension of imminent harmful or offensive contact in another person. Key elements are intent, reasonable apprehension, and imminence. Defenses include consent, self-defense, and defense of others. False Imprisonment: Occurs when a person intentionally confines another within fixed boundaries without lawful justification and without consent. Key elements include intent, confinement, lack of consent, and the plaintiff's awareness or harm. Defenses include lawful authority, consent, and necessity. Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress (IIED): Involves extreme and outrageous conduct that intentionally or recklessly causes severe emotional distress. Key elements include extreme and outrageous conduct, intent or recklessness, causation, and severe emotional distress. Defenses include lack of intent or recklessness, conduct not deemed extreme and outrageous, and the plaintiff not experiencing severe emotional distress. Trespass to Land: Occurs when a person intentionally enters or remains on another's property without permission or lawful justification. Key elements include intent, entry, and lack of consent. Defenses include consent, necessity, and privilege. Trespass to Chattels: Involves intentional interference with another's personal property, resulting in harm or loss of use. Key elements include intent, interference, and harm or deprivation. Defenses include consent, necessity, and privilege. Conversion: Defined as the intentional exercise of control over another's personal property that seriously interferes with the owner's rights. Key elements include intent, dominion or control, and serious interference. Defenses include consent, lawful authority, and necessity. These intentional torts address various forms of wrongful conduct, providing legal frameworks to protect individuals' rights and property from intentional harm. The chapter also highlights relevant defenses, offering a balanced approach to adjudicating claims and recognizing justified actions. In this chapter, we've explored the core concepts of intentional torts, which involve deliberate actions that cause harm or interfere with the rights of others. These torts include battery, assault, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, trespass to land, trespass to chattels, and conversion. Each tort has specific elements that must be proven for a successful claim, and various defenses may be raised to counter these claims. Understanding these foundational aspects of intentional torts is essential for navigating the complexities of tort law. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/law-school/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/law-school/support
Use code EmilyBaker50 at https://www.GreenChef.com/EmilyBaker50 to get 50% off, plus 20% off your next two months!Netflix was sued by "the real-life Martha" Fiona Harvey in the show Baby Reindeer. Fiona Harvey is suing Netflix for $170M for defamation and IIED because she claims to have not done the things depicted in the show and doesn't have a criminal record.Alec Baldwin's defense responds to the motion for Use Immunity for Hannah Gutierrez. They believe it should not be granted. A hearing is set for June 21st, 2024, regarding that motion.In week 7 of the Karen Read trial, Trooper Proctor finally takes the stand, and the testimony is worse than you can imagine.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/Podscribe - https://podscribe.com/privacyChartable - https://chartable.com/privacy
Head to https://policygenius.com to get your free life insurance quotes and see how much you could save.Go to https://shopify.com/lawnerd now to grow your business – no matter what stage you're in.Netflix's show, Baby Reindeer, is being sued by Fiona Harvey, who claims the viewers of the hit show think she is the character 'Martha' in real life. She states that she has been receiving harassment because the first episode of the show claims to be a true story. Martha stalks the show's main character and commits various crimes that viewers think Fiona committed as well. Fiona Harvey is suing Netflix for $170M for defamation and IIED as she claims to have not committed the crimes depicted in the show and doesn't have a criminal record.Also this week, Alec Baldwin's defense responded to the motion for Use Immunity for Hannah Gutierrez. They believe it should not be granted. There is a hearing set for June 21st, 2024 regarding that motion.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/Podscribe - https://podscribe.com/privacyChartable - https://chartable.com/privacy
Use code EmilyBaker50 at https://www.GreenChef.com/EmilyBaker50 to get 50% off, plus 20% off your next two months!The judge made a ruling in the Scandoval lawsuit. Tom Sandoval's demurrer was denied in the first cause of action as it pertains to eavesdropping and the third cause of action as it relates to the invasion of privacy. A demurrer was granted with the 4th cause of action for the IIED and Rachel Leviss has 20 days to amend the complaint. A decision hasn't been made with Ariana Madix's Anti-SLAPP.I also break down why the judge denied Alec Baldwin's dismissal. A trial date has yet to be set. Lastly, I recap week 4 of the Karen Read trial.This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Spotify Ad Analytics - https://www.spotify.com/us/legal/ad-analytics-privacy-policy/Podscribe - https://podscribe.com/privacyChartable - https://chartable.com/privacy
Critical minerals – such as cobalt, lithium and copper – are in the headlines, attracting global attention for their potential in supporting the green energy pathway and accelerating the shift away from fossil fuels. They make green technologies including electric vehicles, solar panels and wind turbines possible. The opportunities are huge and demand is booming. But this doesn't come without issues. If not managed well, extraction can have negative impacts on communities, ecosystems and local economies. This episode is a conversation between IIED senior researcher Eric Bisil and executive director of Africa Resources Watch (Afrewatch) Emmanuel Umpula. They discuss the potential of critical minerals in speeding up the fossil fuel phase-out, and how they can support the productivity and economic growth of countries that are rich in these minerals. Other contributors include Ketakandriana Rafitoson, executive director of Publish What You Pay, IIED senior researcher Rose Mosi and IIED's head of energy Ben Garside.
Despite global efforts to tackle the impacts of climate change, we are failing to achieve critical climate objectives. IIED's Hidden Handbrake campaign aims to reveal and explain the bureaucratic, political, legal and practical barriers to countries taking effective action in response to climate change. Progress on mitigation and adaptation measures and anticipatory actions to reduce the potential of loss and damage is drastically slowed where these barriers exist. They must be brought out into the open, challenged and removed. This episode is a conversation between Tom Mitchell, executive director of IIED, and Sejal Patel, a senior researcher in IIED focusing on climate finance and climate-resilient development. The episode also has vital contributions from three climate and environment specialists: Megan Rowling and David Shukman, both highly regarded journalists, and Achala Abeysinghe, regional director and head of programmes at the Global Green Growth Institute. Read more: https://www.iied.org/hidden-handbrakes-whats-holding-back-climate-action
A new campaign for a fair transition towards net zero kicked-off this month. Called Fairmiles, it calls on policy makers from government and the private sector to consider sustainability impacts on developing countries when pursuing carbon reduction strategies which seek to minimise so-called ‘food miles' particularly with regard to airfreighted produce.The campaign aims to engage key stakeholders in the retail, government and charity sectors to highlight the importance of maintaining crucial trade links with developing countries and to make recommendations for reducing emissions without marginalising vulnerable communities.“Climate change is real and demands an urgent and radical response if we are to adapt to the significant threat it poses to our planet. However, with increasing pressure on organisations to act, there is a growing risk that corporate net zero strategies that seek to reduce emissions by reducing imported or airfreighted food, end up alienating and negatively impacting economically less developed countries, to the detriment of livelihoods in rural communities,” said Simon Derrick, global head of sustainability of Blue Skies, one of the companies behind the new initiative.“The implementation of carbon reduction policies which target airfreighted fresh produce can disproportionately curtail opportunities for low-carbon agricultural products that support livelihoods in developing nations.This trade is a lifeline for millions of individuals in some of the world's most impoverished and vulnerable communities, thus underscoring the need for carbon reduction policies to attain climate justice.”Blue Skies supplies airfreighted fresh-cut fruit to retailers in the UK and across Europe, employing over 5,000 people in 10 factories spanning Ghana, Egypt, South Africa, Brazil, Benin and the UK. Its business model is built on the principle of adding value at source, which means that, wherever possible, fruit is cut, prepared, and packed in the same community that it is grown. This allows Blue Skies to return a higher margin to the communities that produce the fruit, and to harvest the produce at its optimal maturity, helping to ensure the best possible nutrition and flavour.The Fairmiles launch was attended by 15 organisations representing African fresh produce businesses, the air cargo industry, academia and the international development sector. In addition to raising awareness of the issue among key stakeholders and the public, it hopes to conduct research on the impact of air freighted produce; agree best-practice guidelines for the industry and translate its aims into an action plan with quantifiable targets.To create further awareness of the initiative as well as discussing the facts and figures and what is hoped to be achieved especially as we head towards the COP28 climate conference in Dubai late this year a number of group founders recently went on a Beanstalk Global Broadcast to discuss the initiative.On the Broadcast was:Dr Ebenezer Laryea - Associate Professor in International Sustainable Development Law at the University of Northampton and Chair of the University's Centre for Sustainable Business Practices.James MacGregor – development economist and author of the 'Fair Miles: recharting the food miles map' published in 2009 by Oxfam and IIED.Jodie Keane - Senior Research Fellow with the International Economic Development Group at the Overseas Development Institute. Alistair Djimatey - Public Affairs Manager at Blue SkiesSimon Derrick – Head of Sustainability at Blue Skies, a fruit manufacturer that airfreights prepared produce from Africa and South AmericaMax MacGillivray - Editor in Chief of Beanstalk Global
According to UNHCR, the global number of people forcibly displaced by conflict, violence, human rights abuses, and other forms of persecution has reached 110 million. When asked to imagine the living conditions of refugees and internally displaced people (IDPs), rows of white tents or temporary structures often come to mind. In fact, around 60% of refugees and IDPs live in towns and cities. This episode of Make Change Happen is hosted by Lucy Earle, director of IIED's Human Settlements research group, and features Nassim Majidi, co-founder and executive director of Samuel Hall; Jack Makau, associate director of Slum Dwellers International in Kenya; and Samer Saliba, director of city practice at the Mayors Migration Council. The podcast discusses challenges and lessons from ‘participatory forums' – part of a 3.5-year research project – that bring together different stakeholders and refugee representatives together. Read more: https://www.iied.org/help-cities-help-people-bringing-everyone-together-refugee-response-make-change-happen-podcast As a listener of IIED's Make Change Happen podcast, we value your opinion and are keen to understand your preferences and gather valuable feedback to enhance our podcast. Please, take this survey to help us create content that resonates with you: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/IIEDpodcastsurvey Your responses will play a crucial role in shaping the future of the Make Change Happen podcast, making it an even more informative experience for all.
In this episode of Make Change Happen, marking LGBTQI+ Pride month, we want to spark conversations about how urban development and climate action can be truly inclusive of queer communities. What can we learn from queer thinking and practice? How can we challenge LGBTQI+ erasure in decision making to deliver stronger and more equitable change? Hosted by Tucker Landesman, senior researcher in IIED's Human Settlements research group, this podcast features lawyer and urban planner Rodrigo Faria G. Iacovini, working with the Instituto Pólis in Sao Paul, Brazil and queer activist Sarah Louis Montgomery, project coordinator at the global network GenderCC-Women for Climate Justice in Berlin, Germany. Both guests share their experience working with queer communities and activists to bridge gaps between LGBTQI+ civil society and urban development and climate action, respectively, to achieve a just result.
In this episode, launched to coincide with International Women's Day, an all-women panel share the transformative change driven by women as they take on leadership roles at every level – from remote rural villages to international conventions. Hosted by James Persad, director of IIED's Communications group, this podcast features Ritu Bharadwaj, principal researcher in IIED's Climate Change research group; Omaira Bolaños, director of the Latin America and Gender Justice programmes at Rights and Resources Initiative; and Ivonne Higuero, secretary-general of CITES. Participants discuss what women leadership looks like, why spaces must be created for women leaders in climate and biodiversity, and practical measures to make this happen. Read more: https://www.iied.org/ripple-effects-revolutions-women-leaders-climate-biodiversity IIED's ‘Make Change Happen' podcast provides an opportunity to hear our researchers and guests discuss key global development challenges and explain what we are doing to support positive change.
Our last episode of 2022 brings together experts from across the world to explore how far climate mitigation action can respond to pervasive urban poverty in the global South – seen in a lack of housing and basic services such as water, sanitation and energy – and contribute to more just and equitable cities. This special episode is hosted by Anna Walnycki, principal researcher in IIED's Human Settlements research group. Alongside two IIED colleagues, principal researcher Aditya Bahadur and researcher Tucker Landesman, she is joined by two experts working on urban mitigation projects. Bijal Brahmbhatt is executive director of the Mahila Housing Trust in Gujarat, India; Daniel Kozak is senior researcher at the National Scientific and Technical Research Council of Argentina and director of the Research Center Habitat and Energy.
Slam the Gavel welcomes Cadence Harper, a 34 year-old Mother who grew up in Family Court and unfortunately is still in it. She is the Mother of a wonderful 13 year-old daughter. She is also an Army Veteran and Business owner of Farm Fairy, LLC. Cadence is also an advocate of a social media platform on Facebook, called: USA Family Court: Class Action Team. We discussed her platform and how she has been wanting Family Court to just do the right thing. Cadence states she does have CPTSD and Attachment issues and has been trying to fix what was done to her as a child. Cadence is a child that was used as a pawn for her mother against her own father. However, her own Mother became involved while Cadence and her ex had been co-parenting beautifully and inserted herself between Cadence and her daughter via Family Court. The issue is that the court has no jurisdiction over her case and her own Mother used the SAME GAL for Cadence as she is using for Cadence's own daughter for the last 20 years. There will be a three hour trial on 2/7/2022. Cadence discussed IIED and what that entails as well as interference of Parental Rights. There will be a follow up podcast.To Reach Cadence: USA Family Court Class Action Team and send her a message thereSupportshow(https://www.buymeacoffee.com/maryannpetri)http://www.dismantlingfamilycourtcorruption.com/Support the showSupportshow(https://www.buymeacoffee.com/maryannpetri)http://beentheregotout.com/http://www.dismantlingfamilycourtcorruption.com/
Slam the Gavel welcomes Cadence Harper, a 34 year-old Mother who grew up in Family Court and unfortunately is still in it. She is the Mother of a wonderful 13 year-old daughter. She is also an Army Veteran and Business owner of Farm Fairy, LLC. Cadence is also an advocate of a social media platform on Facebook, called: USA Family Court: Class Action Team. We discussed her platform and how she has been wanting Family Court to just do the right thing. Cadence states she does have CPTSD and Attachment issues and has been trying to fix what was done to her as a child. Cadence is a child that was used as a pawn for her mother against her own father. However, her own Mother became involved while Cadence and her ex had been co-parenting beautifully and inserted herself between Cadence and her daughter via Family Court. The issue is that the court has no jurisdiction over her case and her own Mother used the SAME GAL for Cadence as she is using for Cadence's own daughter for the last 20 years. There will be a three hour trial on 2/7/2022. Cadence discussed IIED and what that entails as well as interference of Parental Rights. There will be a follow up podcast. To Reach Cadence: USA Family Court Class Action Team and send her a message there Supportshow(https://www.buymeacoffee.com/maryannpetri) http://www.dismantlingfamilycourtcorruption.com/ --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/maryann-petri/support
TOI's Vishwa Mohan rounds up the big outcomes from the latest climate change summit and IIED's Ritu Bharadwaj explains why the loss and damage fund isn't reason for cheer just yet
TOI's Vishwa Mohan rounds up the big outcomes from the latest climate change summit and IIED's Ritu Bharadwaj explains why the loss and damage fund isn't reason for cheer just yet
Slam the Gavel welcomes back Marineka Bowman and Nick Giles to the podcast. They were last on Season 3, Episode 159. We discussed several topics including the definition of a Kangaroo Court as well as what Family Court puts families through, using them as pawns for money, traumatizing children. Also discussed was the subject of IIED. Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress. This is a civil tort from common law and is a gap filler tort. IIED is an acronym for Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress sometimes called tort of outrage. There is also what is called negligent infliction of emotional distress or NIED. Sometimes emotional distress is caused unintentionally which is still at best negligence and should be held accountable. Since IIED is a filler tort meaning it fills the gaps of other laws and claims. Some examples are defamation, psychological abuse/Parental Alienation, frivolous lawsuits, malicious prosecution and negligent misrepresentation. Intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED) generally involves some kind of conduct that is so terrible that it causes severe emotional trauma to the victim. In such cases, the victim can recover damages from the person causing the emotional distress. Courts are more likely to allow recovery when the emotional distress is accompanied by some form of physical injury resulting from the defendant's conduct. Marineka remains strong in her stance of not engaging with the court system. Nick Giles was excellent in explaining IIED and the dysfunctional court system.To Reach Marineka Bowman: startpositive2019@yahoo.comTo Reach Nick Giles: klaus.giles@gmail.com and on Facebook: TravelingMan32Supportshow(https://www.buymeacoffee.com/maryannpetri)http://www.dismantlingfamilycourtcorruption.com/Support the showSupportshow(https://www.buymeacoffee.com/maryannpetri)http://beentheregotout.com/http://www.dismantlingfamilycourtcorruption.com/
Slam the Gavel welcomes back Marineka Bowman and Nick Giles to the podcast. They were last on Season 3, Episode 159. We discussed several topics including the definition of a Kangaroo Court as well as what Family Court puts families through, using them as pawns for money, traumatizing children. Also discussed was the subject of IIED. Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress. This is a civil tort from common law and is a gap filler tort. IIED is an acronym for Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress sometimes called tort of outrage. There is also what is called negligent infliction of emotional distress or NIED. Sometimes emotional distress is caused unintentionally which is still at best negligence and should be held accountable. Since IIED is a filler tort meaning it fills the gaps of other laws and claims. Some examples are defamation, psychological abuse/Parental Alienation, frivolous lawsuits, malicious prosecution and negligent misrepresentation. Intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED) generally involves some kind of conduct that is so terrible that it causes severe emotional trauma to the victim. In such cases, the victim can recover damages from the person causing the emotional distress. Courts are more likely to allow recovery when the emotional distress is accompanied by some form of physical injury resulting from the defendant's conduct. Marineka remains strong in her stance of not engaging with the court system. Nick Giles was excellent in explaining IIED and the dysfunctional court system. To Reach Marineka Bowman: startpositive2019@yahoo.com To Reach Nick Giles: klaus.giles@gmail.com and on Facebook: TravelingMan32 Supportshow(https://www.buymeacoffee.com/maryannpetri) http://www.dismantlingfamilycourtcorruption.com/ Support the show Supportshow(https://www.buymeacoffee.com/maryannpetri) http://www.dismantlingfamilycourtcorruption.com/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/maryann-petri/support
Slam the Gavel welcomes new guest, Marineka Bowman last on the podcast Season #3, Episode #104. Nick Giles is on the podcast accompanying her. On this update, Marineka tells viewers that a psychologist that is making breeches in confidentiality, is seeing only her daughter without Marineka or her father involved. The psychologist then reports back to the father and his attorney that the child has no interest in seeing her mother. Marineka knows she can't get a 'fair shake' in this Kangaroo Court with Judge Natalie Haskins as Haskins has a long track record for handling Marineka's divorce and all courtroom appearances. Nick Giles read off Marineka's last motion and response to the court which proved to be very interesting. Marineka is questioning the court's vindictiveness toward her and the relationship she has had with her daughter.BACKGROUND: Marineka is a wonderful Mother of a five year old daughter. Mother explained that her ex-husband left the house when their daughter was only two months old. However, she did not go to the courts looking for child support as she tried to work it out with him. There was barely a response. Now, when her daughter was a happy three year old, the father came back into their lives and went before the courts saying that he wanted to only see his daughter two hours a week. Judge Natalie Haskins made a comment that, 'it would make it harder for you in the future to get full custody if you do this.' But there really was no problem in obtaining custody for the father. At present time, the Father has complete custody and when Marineka does see her daughter on a scheduled basis, her child's head is shaved as we'll as an eyebrow. There are alleged reports on child sexual abuse that have gone unnoticed from DFS (CPS). The school system is doing nothing to help her, even though they are mandated reporters. To Reach Marineka Bowman: startpositive2019@yahoo.comTo Reach Nick Giles: klaus.giles@gmail.comSupportshow(https://www.buymeacoffee.com/maryannpetri)http://www.dismantlingfamilycourtcorruption.com/Support the showSupportshow(https://www.buymeacoffee.com/maryannpetri)http://beentheregotout.com/http://www.dismantlingfamilycourtcorruption.com/
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In the second episode of Road to COP27, a special series as part of India Speak: The CPR Podcast, Navroz K. Dubash speaks to Saleemul Huq, Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) in Bangladesh, on the loss and damage debate that is expected to play a substantial role on the agenda. This series will bring leading experts in the lead up to Conference of the Parties (COP) 27, taking place from 6-18 November 2022 at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. They discuss the growing calls from developing countries for financial support to deal with the impacts of extreme climate events, such as the recent floods in Pakistan, and the possible obstacles that could emerge at the negotiations. The episode also explores the politics of this COP and the symbolism of an African COP. Saleemul Huq is the director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) in Bangladesh, and is an expert on the links between climate change and sustainable development, particularly from the perspective of developing countries. He was the lead author of the chapter on Adaptation and Sustainable Development in the third assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and was the lead author of the chapter on Adaptation and Mitigation in the IPCC's fourth assessment report. His current focus is on supporting the engagement of the Least Developed Countries in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. He is researching the least developed countries' vulnerability to climate change and the impact of adaptation measures. Prior to becoming a senior associate, Saleem was a senior fellow with IIED, and was also previously director of the Climate Change research group. Navroz K Dubash is a Professor at the Centre for Policy Research, a New Delhi based think-tank and an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS. He has been actively engaged in debates on climate change, air quality, energy and water as a researcher, policy advisor and activist for over 25 years. Navroz has been a Coordinating Lead Author for the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and has advised Indian government policy-making on climate change, energy, and air and water policy over the last decade. In the early 1990s, he helped establish the global Climate Action Network as its first international coordinator.
In the second episode of Road to COP27, a special series as part of India Speak: The CPR Podcast, Navroz K. Dubash speaks to Saleemul Huq, Director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) in Bangladesh, on the loss and damage debate that is expected to play a substantial role on the agenda. This series will bring leading experts in the lead up to Conference of the Parties (COP) 27, taking place from 6-18 November 2022 at Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. They discuss the growing calls from developing countries for financial support to deal with the impacts of extreme climate events, such as the recent floods in Pakistan, and the possible obstacles that could emerge at the negotiations. The episode also explores the politics of this COP and the symbolism of an African COP. Saleemul Huq is the director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) in Bangladesh, and is an expert on the links between climate change and sustainable development, particularly from the perspective of developing countries. He was the lead author of the chapter on Adaptation and Sustainable Development in the third assessment report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and was the lead author of the chapter on Adaptation and Mitigation in the IPCC's fourth assessment report. His current focus is on supporting the engagement of the Least Developed Countries in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. He is researching the least developed countries' vulnerability to climate change and the impact of adaptation measures. Prior to becoming a senior associate, Saleem was a senior fellow with IIED, and was also previously director of the Climate Change research group. Navroz K Dubash is a Professor at the Centre for Policy Research, a New Delhi based think-tank and an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS. He has been actively engaged in debates on climate change, air quality, energy and water as a researcher, policy advisor and activist for over 25 years. Navroz has been a Coordinating Lead Author for the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and has advised Indian government policy-making on climate change, energy, and air and water policy over the last decade. In the early 1990s, he helped establish the global Climate Action Network as its first international coordinator.
At COP26, political leaders called for more action to address biodiversity loss and climate change together. In this episode of Make Change Happen, we discuss how this must be financed and the possible mechanisms for spurring actions on the ground. Hosted for the first time by James Persad, IIED's new director of communications, this episode features Mandy Barnett from the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), Moses Egaru of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), Yiching Song from the Farmers' Seed Network China and Xiaoting Hou Jones, senior researcher at IIED's Natural Resources research group.
Islamabad-based climate risk expert Ali Sheikh explains the worries after Pakistan's massive floods and IIED's Aditya Bahadur lists the lessons for India
Islamabad-based climate risk expert Ali Sheikh explains the worries after Pakistan's massive floods and IIED's Aditya Bahadur lists the lessons for India
In this episode of Make Change Happen, we discuss racism and decolonisation in the development sector. Hosted by Liz Carlile, IIED's outgoing director of communications, this episode features Natalie Lartey, IIED's advocacy and engagement manager; Maryam Mohsin, head of media and communications at Bond; and Mpho Tapela, executive director of Youth Unlimited Network in Botswana. We explore how development organisations have responded to the Black Lives Matter movement, with a particular focus on language and narratives.
As IIED celebrates its 50th birthday, this episode of Make Change Happen brings together four established members of the IIED family to reflect on key movements in the journey towards sustainable development. Host Liz Carlile, IIED's director of communications, is joined by ex-colleagues Steve Bass, now a consultant in sustainable development; Saleemul Huq, director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD); and former IIED director Camilla Toulmin, who is now a professor at the University of Lancaster's Environment Centre and an associate at the Institute for New Economic Thinking. All three are also senior associates working with IIED. They discuss some of the key movements that have pushed sustainable development forward in recent decades, how the landscape has changed, and what might come next.
CEEW's CEO Arunabha Ghosh and IIED's Aditya Bahadur help make sense of the latest IPCC report, what it means for us and what you can do.
To reflect on International Women's Day, and the 2022 theme ‘Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow', this episode of Make Change Happen discusses how gender equity and intersectionality approaches are central to climate justice, and that means putting people's rights, lived experiences and priorities at the centre of every response. Heather McGray, director of the Climate Justice Resilience Fund, Vitumbiko Chinoko, project manager at the Open Forum on Agriculture and Technology in Nairobi, and IIED's Tracy Kajumba join host Liz Carlile. We explore what is meant by the term ‘climate justice', and unpack how through shifting the dynamics of oppression, and taking an intersectional approach to climate responses, the burdens of climate change are more likely to be shared fairly and equitably.
Metaverse Legal Group - Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress - Virtual Groping In this exciting episode of Litigation Whiteboard® Attorney Steve® discusses the metaverse and "sexual assaults" that have allegedly occurred in the virtual reality zone. One question I pose is whether or not it is legal (meaning, is there any law prohibiting such digital conduct)? One legal angle I explore is the tort of outrage (aka Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress). Is this type of digital activity tortious? Of course it will violate the community standards of gaming platforms such as Quivr and Horizon Worlds and others, but will a lawsuit be viable against either the platform (not able to provide adequate protections), or against the anonymous users (screenshots may help you locate them)? These are new questions for a new digital age. Take a listen! Click here to watch my video on Intentional Infliction of Emotional Distress: If you like this podcast of Vondran Legal Hour feel free to share it on your social media networks.
In the year IIED celebrates 50 years of working for a fairer and more sustainable world, we invite two eminent former colleagues to look back at where we came from, how we have developed, and where we should be going. Achala Abeysinghe, Asia regional director for the Global Green Growth Institute and ex-IIED vice-president David Runnalls, a fellow with the International Institute for Sustainable Development in Canada, join host Liz Carlile for the discussion. Among the issues that arise are climate finance, partnerships and how to support the poorest and the most vulnerable to ensure their voices are heard and they are able to achieve their goals in vital decision-making arenas – from village councils to international conventions.
Intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED; sometimes called the tort of outrage) is a common law tort that allows individuals to recover for severe emotional distress caused by another individual who intentionally or recklessly inflicted emotional distress by behaving in an "extreme and outrageous" way. Some courts and commentators have substituted mental for emotional, but the tort is the same. Rationale for classification. IIED was created in tort law to address a problem that would arise when applying the common law form of assault. The common law tort of assault did not allow for liability when a threat of battery was not imminent. A common case would be a future threat of harm that would not constitute common law assault but would nevertheless cause emotional harm to the recipient. IIED was created to guard against this kind of emotional abuse, thereby allowing a victim of emotional distress to receive compensation in situations where he or she would otherwise be barred from compensation under the common law form. According to the first doctrine articulated by common law courts, a plaintiff could not recover for physical injury from fright alone absent a physical impact from an external source ("shock without impact"), even if the fright was proven to have resulted from a defendant's negligence, with the case on point referring to the negligent operation of a railroad. Even with intentional conduct, absent material damage, claims for emotional harm were similarly barred. "Mental pain or anxiety, the law cannot value, and does not pretend to redress, when the unlawful act causes that alone. Though where a material damage occurs, and is connected with it, it is impossible a jury, in estimating it, should altogether overlook the feelings of the party interested." Courts had been reluctant to accept a tort for emotional harm for fear of opening a "wide door" to frivolous claims. A change first occurred in the Irish courts which repudiated the English railroad decision and recognized liability for "nervous shock" in the Byrne (1884) and Bell (1890) cases In England, the idea that physical/mental shock without impact from an external source should be a bar to recovery was first questioned at the Queen's Bench in Pugh v London etcetera, Railroad Co. In the following year, the Queen's Bench formally recognized the tort, for the first time, in the case of Wilkinson v Downton, although it was referred to as "intentional infliction of mental shock". Wilkinson has been subsequently approved by both the Court of Appeal (Janvier v Sweeney) and House of Lords (Wainwright v Home Office). Citing Pugh and the Irish courts as precedent, the Wilkinson court noted the willful nature of the act as a direct cause of the harm. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/law-school/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/law-school/support
Intentional torts. Intentional torts involve situations in which the defendant desires or knows to a substantial certainty that his act will cause the plaintiff damage. They include battery, assault, false imprisonment, intentional infliction of emotional distress ("IIED"), trespass to land, trespass to chattels, conversion, invasion of privacy, malicious prosecution, abuse of process, fraud, inducing breach of contract, intentional interference with business relations, and defamation of character (libel/slander). Elements. The elements of most intentional torts follow the same pattern: intent, act, result, and causation. Intent. This element typically requires the defendant to desire or know to a substantial certainty that something will occur as a result of his act. Therefore, the term intent, for purposes of this section, always includes either desire or knowledge to a substantial certainty. For an example in battery, Dave shoots a gun into a crowd of people because he is specifically trying to hit someone with a bullet. This element would be satisfied, as David had an actual desire to procure the harm required for this tort. Alternatively, Dave shoots a gun into a crowd of people for some reason and genuinely hopes no one gets hit but knows that it is virtually inevitable that someone will actually get hit. This element would still be satisfied, as David had knowledge to a substantial certainty that harm would result. In contrast, if all that can be said about the defendant's state of mind is that he should have known better, he will not be liable for an intentional tort. This situation might occur if, as opposed to the examples above, Dave shoots a gun in a remote part of the desert without looking just for fun, not wanting to hit anyone, but the bullet does hit someone. Dave did not have a desire or knowledge to a substantial certainty that someone would get hit in this situation. He may, however, be liable for some other tort, namely negligence. Transferred intent. Transferred intent is the legal principle that intent can be transferred from one victim or tort to another. In tort law, there are generally five areas in which transferred intent is applicable: battery, assault, false imprisonment, trespass to land, and trespass to chattels. Generally, any intent to cause any one of these five torts which results in the completion of any of the five tortious acts will be considered an intentional act, even if the actual target of the tort is one other than the intended target of the original tort. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/law-school/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/law-school/support
Forest and farm smallholders are fighting for their livelihoods and food security. New research shows producers' practical measures for climate resilience have impact, but barriers remain to scaling the work up and out. In this ‘super year' of climate and nature, the latest episode of the Make Change Happen podcast hosts a discussion on what support smallholders need, and who should provide it. Guests include Ugandan young agriprenuer Elizabeth Nsimadala, IIED Climate Change director Clare Shakya and Duncan Macqueen, leader of IIED's forest team and an expert on locally controlled forestry, climate-resilient forest enterprises and forest governance approaches.
For this episode of the Tyndall Talks, we have the highlights of a recorded seminar on the topic of Climate Change, Inequality, and Conservation with guests Dr. Karen Wong-Perez of IIED and Prof. Patrcia Balvanera of UNAM, hosted by Dr. Rachel Carmenta.Whilst climate conservation interventions present an opportunity for tackling climate change, conservation and development, they may also pose risks to local communities. Given the increasing interest in nature based solutions in the international policy arena, it is imperative that interventions do not extenuate the vulnerabilities of rural populations and instead enhance the resilience and well-being of the communities they impact. This seminar will address and critically reflect on some of the challenges posed, and harvest lessons learned from past and present experiences in climate conservation interventions.
This week the Climate Briefing turns its attention to how societies are can deal with the real-time effects of climate change. While mitigation remains a central focus of the international climate negotiations, vulnerable states and communities are calling for greater cooperation on addressing the fallout from climate-related environmental devastation. To discuss this, Anna is joined by H.E. Saida Muna Tasneem, Bangladesh's High Commissioner to the UK and Ambassador to Ireland and Liberia. They discuss the international politics around climate adaptation, and the contested issue of 'loss and damage'. Then Ben discusses how governments and aid agencies can improve adaptation practices through locally-led approaches, with Marek Soanes from the International Institute for Environment and Development. Read the IIED report: Principles for locally-led adaptation Credits: Speakers: Saida Muna Tasneem, Marek Soanes Hosts: Anna Aberg, Ben Horton Editor: Ben Horton Recorded and produced by Chatham House
Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities have been the guardians of biodiversity for thousands of years. As a result, today, they conserve the world’s richest biodiversity on their lands and territories. In this Make Change Happen episode we learn about the term biocultural heritage, which comes from the lived experience of Indigenous Peoples, and is critical to the success of the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework up for negotiation in Kunming later this year. Hosted by Liz Carlile, this podcast features IIED’s principal researcher Krystyna Swiderska; Alejandro Argumedo, Quechuan native from southern Peru and coordinator of the Mountain Indigenous People’s Network; Pierre Du Plessis, expert negotiator in the Convention on Biological Diversity from Namibia; and Joji Carino, Ibaloi Igorot from the Philippines, senior policy adviser with Forest People’s programme, and Indigenous Peoples’ negotiator on biodiversity. You can follow some of the people you have heard in this episode on Twitter at @lizcarlile and @KrystynaSwider4. Follow the podcast on @IIED_Voices for all the latest updates.
The forest is a resource traditionally deemed more valuable dead, chopped down or transported away in trucks and boats. For decades, development donors and NGOs have appealed to the moral high ground, attempting to persuade the people who live in forest areas to safeguard it. But these people depend on forests to survive, so time and again, these efforts are met with the rational question, ‘what's in it for me?'BioCarbon Partners (BCP) is an African social enterprise based in Zambia that shows more value and worth can accrue to communities by keeping trees in the ground than by chopping them down. “To combat climate change, we need to protect our forests. To protect our forests, we need to invest in people.” In every sense of the word, BCP has built a self-sustaining livelihood ecosystem which allows communities to grow without encroaching on the forest that they live beside. To better understand the connections between conservation, carbon, communities and global commitments, we speak to CEO, Dr Hassan Sachedina, before juddering down Zambia's dusty, potholed dirt roads with Communications Coordinator, Chloe Evans, to meet BCP's community partners of the Luembe and Sandwe Chieftains. Recommended reading: Read up on REDD+ with this Forest News explainer and a note from the IIED.Behind the curtain: We are on air thanks to the ANU's Development Policy Centre.Host, Gordon Peake: Twitter | WritingProducer, Julia Bergin: Twitter | WritingSound Design: Luther CanuteVisual credits: Women gathering around a BCP borehole in the Sandwe Chiefdom. Photo courtesy of BioCarbon Partners.
Climate change has devastating impacts on our planet and people. Some impacts are very noticeable, but many go unmentioned. In this episode of Make Change Happen, we acknowledge the untold loss and damage from climate change having devastating effects on culture and communities. Hosted by Liz Carlile, this edition’s podcast features IIED’s senior associate director of the International Centre for Climate Change and Development (ICCCAD) in Bangladesh Saleem Huq, senior researcher in IIED’s Climate Change research group Brianna Craft, and Gladys Hub, a climate activist from the Solomon Islands, who is also a UNICEF Pacific Supporter and a full-time pharmacist. You can follow some of the people you have heard in this episode on Twitter at @lizcarlile, @SaleemulHuq, @pbnclimate, and @Gladys_H. Follow the podcast on @IIED_Voices for all the latest updates.
2020 set us back in achieving environment and development progress, leaving an unprecedented challenge ahead. But recovery is possible if we learn from last year and move ahead quickly. In the first ‘Make Change Happen’ episode of 2021, we learn that early action, youth participation and collaborative policymaking are pivotal to making change happen and a better future for us all. Hosted by Liz Carlile, this episode’s conversation features IIED director Andrew Norton; Ineza Umehoza Grace, founder and chief executive officer of the Rwandan organisation, The Green Fighter; and Dr Tara Shine, chair of the board of trustees of IIED and director of Change by Degrees. You can follow some of the people you have heard in this episode on Twitter via @lizcarlile, @andynortondev, @InezaGrrace, and @shine_tara. Follow the podcast on @IIED_Voices for all the latest updates
In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, concerns over debt owed by developing nations are increasing substantially. The burden of developing country debt stands at eight trillion US dollars, so action on debt relief is now more pressing than ever. Debt swaps for climate and nature could help relieve debt and offer great gains for the wellbeing of the planet. But they are a controversial idea. In this episode of ‘Make Change Happen’, guests discuss the challenges and potential of debt swaps for climate and nature, highlight a lived example of a marine debt swap from the Seychelles, and analyse what is needed for these programmes to work. Hosted by Liz Carlile, IIED’s director of communications, the discussion features Yacouba Dem, from Mali, country director at the Near East Foundation; Jean-Paul Adam, director for technology, climate change and natural resource management in the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa; and Laura Kelly, director of IIED’s Shaping Sustainable Markets research group. You can follow some of the people you have heard in this episode on Twitter via @lizcarlile, @LauraKellyIIED, @AdamJeanPaul and the @NearEastFdn organisation. Follow the podcast on @IIED_Voices for all the latest updates. More details: https://www.iied.org/debt-swaps-for-climate-nature-innovation-for-resilience-make-change-happen-podcast-episode-8
Cities and towns are hugely impacted by both climate change and public health crises. This combined (and intertwined) threat weighs heaviest on the poorest urban communities. Health and climate specialists are already working hard on reducing urban risk and increasing resilience, but what has COVID-19 shown us about how these experts could learn from each other, and how they could work better with knowledgeable local actors? Hosted by Anna Walnycki, senior researcher in the Human Settlements group of the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), the discussion features principal researcher Aditya Bahadur, climate change researcher Sarah McIvor, both also of IIED; and Annie Wilkinson, an anthropologist and health systems researcher at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS). This episode also includes valuable reflections from climate change researcher Anmol Aurora, based in India, and Dr Joseph M. Macarthy, executive director of the Sierra Leone Urban Research Centre (SLURC), who joins the conversation from Freetown. In this episode of ‘Make Change Happen’, the guests discuss the similarities between public health crises, like the COVID-19 pandemic, and the impacts of climate change on urban settings in the global South. One significant element in common: both have devastating human consequences. More information: https://www.iied.org/shared-vulnerabilities-connecting-climate-health-cities-make-change-happen-podcast-episode-7 You can follow some of the people you have heard in this episode on Twitter via @AnnaWalnycki, @adibahadur, @wordsbyanmol and @ALSWilkinson. Follow the podcast on @IIED_Voices for all the latest updates.
"Working with communities", "social entrepreneurship", "consulting with the UN" are all terms students in International Development have heard and use. But how to get started? In this episode Soudeh Jamshidian joins Dr. Bob to chat about how she has worked on various social entrepreneurship initiatives as well as with the United Nations, and founding her own organization "Peace Geeks"? How to engage in global development through social entrepreneurship? It's easy, according to Soudeh. "Just get off your Donkey"....you'll see what she means. Soudeh (B.Sc., M.Sc. in Natural Resources Engineering) is a social entrepreneur and environment expert, currently doing her PhD at the School of Resource and Environmental Management at Simon Fraser University. Soudeh’s professional life started at the age of 19 when she founded an environmental NGO called Daumoon in Iran, which continues to operate today. She has an extensive experience working on co-management and community development as well as policy making and awareness raising programs for environment management. She has worked as a project manager, designer and consultant for the United Nations Development Program’s Global Environment Facilities. She has also worked as a project manager and facilitator for various IUCN and IIED projects. Soudeh's experience has taken her to Iran, India, Afghanistan, Mali and Canada to collaborate with local communities, policy makers, international organizations and academics in various topics related to resource management. Soudeh's passion for working on development grew substantially after she worked as Environmental Education and Outreach Expert for the United Nations Environment Programme in Afghanistan in 2009-2010. Soudeh is a co-founder of Peace Geeks and a moderator for Vancouver Peace Talks. She is also a member of the Board of both PeaceGeeks Society and PeaceGeeks International. Her PhD research is on multi-stakeholder processes and various policies used for public participation in resource management in India, Iran and Afghanistan.
Of the approximately 71 million people displaced by conflict and violence worldwide, nearly 26 million are considered refugees. But are more secure futures hindered by a collective failure to see refugees as diverse people, with skills to offer, and preferences about where they call home? For World Refugee Day, we discuss new IIED research comparing refugees’ experiences of life in urban areas to that in camps, examining Afghanistan, Ethiopia, Jordan and Kenya. And we hear about an energy access project that captures some of the complexity of working with displaced people. Hosted by Liz Carlile, IIED’s director of communications, the discussion features Lucy Earle, principal researcher, and Deena Dajani, researcher, both working in IIED’s Human Settlements research group; alongside Kevin Johnstone, researcher in IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets research group. The episode also features contributions from two experts working in Kenya: Dr Michael Owiso, dean of the School of Development & Strategic Studies at Maseno University, and Dyfed Aubrey, inter-regional advisor at UN-Habitat. More information: https://www.iied.org/reimagining-refugee-futures-cities-not-camps-make-change-happen-podcast-episode-6 You can follow the organisations and panellists on Twitter: @lizcarlile and @lucyearleurban. Follow the podcast on @IIED_Voices for all the latest updates.
La pandemia del Covid-19 realza la precariedad de varios ámbitos de nuestras vidas. Julio Dávila, experto en urbanismo, charla con nosotros sobre las implicaciones que tienen -y han tenido- las pandemias en la sociedad y los costos ambientales, urbanos y sociales que suponen así como los efectos que tendrían a futuro en caso de que se sigan las tendencias actuales. Históricamente, se ha observado que las pandemias, promueven la migración de las élites hacia las afueras de las ciudades, creando así comunidades exclusivas. Esto es muy grave, dado que además de promover la discriminación y segregación social, contribuye al uso ineficiente de los recursos urbanos. En esta conversación, Dávila explica porqué para mejorar la calidad de vida es necesario reducir el radio de acceso a servicios básicos tales como: educación, ocio, áreas naturales de esparcimiento y pequeños locales comerciales entre otros. Una ciudad resiliente es aquella donde las personas con más poder adquisitivo no se van, donde los diferentes estratos sociales habitan el mismo espacio haciendo comunidad. La pregunta es: ¿cómo podemos diseñar una ciudad en la que a 15 minutos de nuestra puerta sea posible desarrollar escuelas, centros de salud, comercio para insumos básicos, parques, espacios culturales y lugares de trabajo? Esta, es una pregunta difícil, dado que cada país tiene características muy diferentes… Escucha nuestro podcast y aprenderás sobre esto ¡y muchas cosas más! Ingeniero civil y planificador de desarrollo urbano con 30 años de experiencia internacional en proyectos de investigación. Consultor en 15 países de América Latina, Oriente Medio, África y Asia. La investigación del Prof. Dávila se centra en el papel del gobierno local en la transformación social y política progresiva en los países en desarrollo; las dimensiones de gobernanza de la infraestructura urbana y periurbana(transporte, agua y saneamiento); la intersección entre planificación e informalidad urbana y los vínculos entre la urbanización rápida y la salud. El profesor Dávila ha sido profesor en la London School of Economics y la Universidad de Ciudad del Cabo. También ha dado conferencias en diversas universidades de todo el mundo. Es miembro de la Institución de Ingenieros Civiles en Reino Unido. Antes de UCL, fue investigador en el Instituto Internacional para el Medio Ambiente y el Desarrollo (IIED) en Londres y Buenos Aires, bajo el liderazgo del fallecido urbanista e historiador argentino, el Dr. Jorge E Hardoy. En 1988, en IIED, cofundó la revista Environment & Urbanization (Sage), una de las revistas internacionales más influyentes y ampliamente citadas en el campo urbano. “...se ha observado que, frente a las pandemias, la élite tiende a abandonar las ciudades, a irse a las afueras. Esta es una tendencia gravísima, ya que promueve la segregación social y el uso ineficiente de los recursos urbanos”
Intentional infliction of emotional distress (IIED; sometimes called the tort of outrage) is a common law tort that allows individuals to recover for severe emotional distress caused by another individual who intentionally or recklessly inflicted emotional distress by behaving in an "extreme and outrageous" way. Some courts and commentators have substituted mental for emotional, but the tort is the same. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/law-school/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/law-school/support
Globally, we are producing more food than ever. But for many of the world’s poorer citizens, secure access to safe food is becoming less certain. To counter this, an advocacy programme called Sustainable Diets for All is asking: how can we create food systems that are fairer, healthier and more sustainable? Over the last four years, Dutch NGO Hivos and IIED have worked with local organisations in Uganda, Bolivia, Indonesia, Zambia and Kenya to find out how we can make sustainable diets – those that serve both planet and people – available to everybody. The Sustainable Diets programme is bridging the gap between informal actors and policymakers, working to nurture local initiatives around food and food systems. It supports civil society organisations fighting for diverse food production and better, affordable diets for everybody. Hosted by Liz Carlile, IIED’s director of communications, this podcast discussion features Alejandro Guarin, senior researcher in IIED's Shaping Sustainable Markets research group, and Costanza de Toma, who led on communications and advocacy for IIED through 2019; it features contributions from partners Vladimir Garcia in Bolivia, Emma Blackmore in Kenya and Mangiza Chirwa in Zambia. To find out more about this episode, visit: https://www.iied.org/what-makes-sustainable-diet-who-decides-make-change-happen-podcast-episode-5 More on IIED's work in this area is available via https://www.iied.org/sustainable-diets-for-all. You will also find recent briefings and papers in our Publications Library at https://pubs.iied.org/search/?k=hivos+food You can follow the organisations and panellists on Twitter: @hivos , @migabolivia, @ILRI @lizcarlile and @cos_detoma. Follow the podcast on @IIED_Voices for all the latest updates.
In “Getting Money to Where It Matters: Ensuring Funds for Climate Action Reach Those Who Need It Most” — the third podcast in the joint IIED and International Budget Partnership ‘People, Planet and Public Finance' series — IIED researcher Emilie Beauchamp and Bara Gueye, former director of IED Afrique in Senegal, discuss a new mechanism for getting public money that is intended for use in addressing climate change to the local level; a mechanism that accounts for the need to reduce financial risk and ensure accountability.
Growth is usually measured by gross domestic product (GDP). But while this can indicate the health of other factors – such as jobs, livelihoods and even poverty reduction – it paints a limited picture. GDP does not capture inequality, despite the effect this has on wellbeing. It excludes the environment and the care economy – meaning a huge amount of work done by women literally doesn’t count. GDP also largely overlooks greenhouse gas emissions, failing to count the cost to vulnerable countries. In fact, damaging climate shocks can even count as ‘positive’ when we focus on GDP, as destruction prompts recovery spending. Discussing these and other issues are IIED director Andrew Norton, Essam Yassin Mohammed, IIED’s head of blue economy; Clare Shakya, director of the Climate Change research group; and Paul Steele, IIED's chief economist. To find out more about this episode, visit https://www.iied.org/trouble-growth-make-change-happen-podcast-episode-4. More on IIED's work in this area is available via https://www.iied.org/economics. You will also find recent briefings and papers in our Publications Library at pubs.iied.org/economics. You can follow the panellists on Twitter: @andynortondev, @clareshakya and @EYMohammed. Follow the podcast on @IIED_Voices for all the latest updates.
A quarter of the world’s urban population live in informal settlements, mostly in the global South. In advance of the 2020 World Urban Forum in February 2020, this episode looks at how IIED’s work with marginalised urban communities developed, and what opportunities exist now for building more inclusive cities. To discuss these and other related issues, in this podcast our director of communications, Liz Carlile, talks with two urban experts, David Satterthwaite and Anna Walnycki. Both guests explain why they feel optimistic about the opportunities for inclusive, low-carbon sustainable urbanisation, inspired by successful community-led projects and the urban residents doing this vital work. To find out more, visit www.iied.org/urban. You will also find recent briefings and papers in our Publications Library at pubs.iied.org/urban.
In this episode, Professor Amy Gajda, the Class of 1937 Professor of Law at Tulane Law School explains the four privacy torts and shares discusses the likely impact of recent cases including Bollea v. Gawker (The Hulk Hogan Case)Some key takeaways are... The Privacy Rights are(1) Misappropriation - use of another's name or identity without permission.(2) Intrusion into seclusion - peering in on someone who is in seclusion.(3) Publication of private facts (the gossip tort) publishing of private information about another person that is highly offensive and not newsworthy.(4) False Light - which is similar to the tort of defamation and not accepted in all jurisdictions.About our guest...Amy Gajda is recognized internationally for her expertise in privacy, media law, torts, and the law of higher education; her scholarship explores the tensions between social regulation and First Amendment values. Gajda’s first book, The Trials of Academe (Harvard 2009), examines public oversight of colleges and universities and its impact on academic freedom. Her later work draws on insights from her many years as an award-winning journalist and focuses on the shifting boundaries of press freedoms, particularly in light of the digital disruption of traditional media and rising public anxieties about the erosion of privacy. Her second book, The First Amendment Bubble: How Privacy and Paparazzi Threaten a Free Press (Harvard 2015), explores these boundaries in the context of judicial oversight of journalistic news judgment. Gajda is presently at work on a third book, The Secret History of the Right to Privacy, under contract with Viking and slated to be published in 2021. Her upcoming book, tentatively titled The Secret History of the Right To Privacy will be published by Viking Press. In Fall 2019, the American Law Institute appointed her to serve as an Adviser for its new Restatement on Defamation and Privacy, a multi-year project that begins in 2020. You can hear Professor Gajda's take on the Hulk Hogan case and its fallout, by visiting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnaCDyP_k7s&t=109sThis episode is sponsored by Kaplan Bar Review. Getting ready for the bar exam means you’ll need to choose the study program that’s right for you. Kaplan Bar Review will get you ready to take on test day with confidence by offering $100 off live and on-demand Bar Review with offer code Leslie100. Visit kaplanbarreview.com today to sign up.
There’s been a lot of talk about how much international and national finance is being mobilized to address the climate crisis, but how much are people and families spending to address climate impacts? An important new study from the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) begins to shed some light on this largely unanswered question. Join us for this timely discussion with Paul Steele from IIED and Shaikh Eskander from Kingston University London, the authors of “Bearing the climate burden: how households in Bangladesh are spending too much” and learn about their disturbing findings on what poor rural households in Bangladesh are spending of their own money to deal with climate catastrophe, how these families’ future prospects and security are being hurt, and what governments and the international community should do.
With nearly three quarters of our planet covered by water, the ocean is the earth’s essential life support system. But much of the ocean is under-regulated and over-exploited. In the first episode of a new podcast from the International Institute of Environment and Development (IIED), we examine international efforts to protect the ocean, support marine biodiversity and create sustainable fisheries. Joining host Liz Carlile to discuss how to protect our ocean are experts Essam Yassin Mohammed, an environmental economics specialist whose fascination with fisheries began when he fell in love with the orangeface butterflyfish that lives in the Red Sea, and the more business-focused Laura Kelly, formerly of UK’s Department for International Development (DIFD). They discuss the close links between the high seas and coastal communities, and international efforts to improve regulation of the high seas in the BBNJ negotiations, plus how a cargo of rubber ducks that was washed overboard a container ship in the Pacific in 1992 illustrates the inter-connectedness of our ocean... The Make Change Happen podcast tackles the critical challenges of our time, from climate crisis to biodiversity loss and increasing inequality. It provides in-depth coverage of key issues, and relates how we will play our part to make change happen. Follow the panellists on Twitter: @EYMohammed, @LauraKellyIIED and @LizCarlile. Follow the podcast on @IIED_Voices for the latest updates. Further reading: How the fate of a shipment of bath toys missing since 1992 led to greater knowledge of the world's oceans: www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/lost-at-sea-on-the-trail-of-moby-duck-2226788.html Full episode transcript and panellist biographies: www.iied.org/protecting-our-ocean-make-change-happen-podcast-episode-1 More information on IIED's blue economy work: www.iied.org/inclusive-blue-economy
Krystyna Swiderska joins us to explore her research on Indigenous biocultural heritage.
We need to wake up to the triple challenges of tackling climate change, eliminating poverty and protecting the natural environment. At the recent Bond Conference, we brought together experts from different sectors to interrogate how we as NGOs can tackle this urgent crisis together. Hear thoughts from Farhana Yamin from Extinction Rebellion, Tanya Steele from WWF UK, and Christine Allen from CAFOD. The panel was moderated by Clare Shakya from IIED.If you liked this podcast, please rate or review us on your chosen player.
This episode features the dynamic researcher from the Centre for Development and the Environment at the University of Oslo - Ulrikke Wethal The topic of discussion comes from her latest article:Beyond the China Factor: Challenges to backwards linkages in the Mozambican construction sector from the June 2018 edition of the Journal of Modern African Studies Recommendations: Ulrikke: 1) Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies - China-Africa Research Initiative Data 2) Belt and Road Music Video Erik: 1) IIED's new documentary short on Mr. Forest, a Chinese investor who is working to bring sustainable forest management to Mozambique
IIED is the Intentional Infliction of severe Emotional Distress (subjective) by relatively extreme and outrageous conduct which actually causes Severe Emotional Distress (objective). Can an insult cause severe emotional distress? Hear about the court's decision regarding IIED in Slocum v. Food Fair Stores, Inc.
This episode reviews intentional torts to the person - battery, assault false imprisonment and intentional infliction of emotional distress. The episode begins with an explanation of intent and then discusses the rules and relevant case law necessary to understand each of the four intentional torts to the person. We end with an analytical framework and strategy for attacking these torts on a law school exam.As always, if you have any suggestions for an episode topic, please let us know! You can email us at leslie@lawtofact.com or tweet to @lawtofact. Don’t forget to follow us on Twitter and Instagram (@lawtofact) and to like us on Facebook! And finally, your ratings and reviews matter! Please leave us a review on iTunes.Want to stay updated on all things Law to Fact? Join our mailing list by visiting us at www.lawtofact.com.
Subscribe on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Android In episode 45 of America Adapts - in a first - host Doug Parsons travels to Kampala, Uganda to cover the CBA11 (Community Based Adaptation). This podcast consists of multiple conversations with conference attendees representing countries from Europe, Asia, Africa and the United States. If you want to learn how the rest of the world approaches adaptation, this podcast is for you! Subscribe/listen to podcast on Apple Podcasts.Now on Spotify! Donate to America Adapts, we are now a tax deductible charitable organization! In this Episode: WHAT IS CBA? – Conference organizer, Hannah Reid explains what is community based adaptation and the role the conference plays in the knowledge exchange of this discipline. AFRICAN ADAPTATION – Doug talks with two adaptation planners from Malawi, Phina Rocha, Irish Aid, and Dorothy Tembo, Senior Programme Officer, Centre For Environmental Policy and Advocacy and the challenges facing developing countries in developing national adaptation plans. DISASTER MANAGEMENT - Anita Van Breda, from World Wildlife Fund, talks disaster management planning and risk reduction at World Wildlife Fund and their unique approaches in engaging developing countries in these efforts. CLIMATE JUSTICE - Doug talks resilience planning with Rebecca Carter of the World Resources Institute; Doug also discusses issues of climate justice and communicating adaptation to younger generations in developing countries with Heather McGray of the Climate Justice Resilience Fund. AFRICAN NATIONAL PARKS – Doug talks with Manuel Mutimmcuio, Director of Human Development, at the world famous Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique. Manuel describes the tumultuous history of the park and currents efforts to address climate change while working with local communities that count on the park for their livelihoods. INTERNATIONAL DONORS - Doug talks with Dr. Arno Sckeyde, from the German agency, GIZ, on the role of governments and international aid. Doug also talks with Tom Derr of the Peace Corps and some of their innovative adaptation work, partnering with the World Wildlife Fund, in Uganda. WHAT’S NEXT FOR CBA – Conference founder, Dr. Saleemul Huq, Director at the International Center for Climate Change and Development discusses the history of the CBA and what the challenges and opportunities for this field going forward. And there’s much more! Pictures from CBA11: https://www.flickr.com/photos/iied/albums/72157685421464286/with/35166877190/ Key Quotes: “I hope the US looks beyond their borders more to understand the challenges developing countries are dealing with regarding climate change impacts.” Hannah Reid, IIED Interviewed in this episode: Hannah Reid, Conference Organizer, International Institute for Environment and Development Anita Van Breda, Senior Director, Environment and Disaster Management, World Wildlife Fund Phina Rocha, Irish Aid, Malawi Dorothy Tembo, Senior Programme Officer, Centre For Environmental Policy and Advocacy Rebecca Carter, Deputy Director, Climate Resilience Practice, World Resources Institute David Kintu, Executive Director, Nature Palace Foundation Heather McGray, Director, Climate Justice Resilience Fund Dr. Arno Sckeyde, Climate Change Facilitator, GIZ (Germany) Manuel Mutimmcuio, Director of Human Development, Gorongosa National Park Romy Chevallier, Senior Researcher, South African Institute of International Affairs Tom Derr, U.S. Peace Corps Uganda Dr. Saleemul Huq, Director, International Center for Climate Change and Development and Senior Fellow, IIED CBA11 on on Facebook and Twitter: #cba11 @IIED https://www.facebook.com/theIIED/ www.americaadapts.org Subscribe to America Adapts on Itunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/america-adapts-climate-change/id1133023095?mt=2 Listen here. On Google Play here. Please share on Facebook! On Twitter: @usaadapts Links in episode: www.envirodm.org (WWF’s Environment and Disaster Management website, which provides resources for environmentally responsible disaster recovery, reconstruction, and risk reduction, including the Green Recovery and Reconstruction Training Toolkit (GRRT), the Flood Green Guide, and a 24/7 helpdesk Green Recovery Connect.) http://www.eecentre.org/assessments (Coordination of Assessments for Environment in Humanitarian Action - A joint USAID, OCHA, UN Environment, UNHCR, WWF and MSB Initiative) Information on Uganda: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda Conference Information https://www.iied.org/11th-international-conference-community-based-adaptation-cba11 America Adapts also has its own app for your listening pleasure! Just visit the App store on Apple or Google Play on Android and search “America Adapts.” Join the climate change adaptation movement by supporting America Adapts! Please consider supporting this podcast by donating through America Adapts fiscal sponsor, the Social Good Fund. All donations are now tax deductible! For more information on this podcast, visit the website at http://www.americaadapts.org and don't forget to subscribe to this podcast on Itunes. Write a review on Itunes! America Adapts on Facebook! Join the America Adapts Facebook Community Group. Check us out, we’re also on YouTube! Producer Dan Ackerstein Subscribe to America Adapts on Itunes Doug can be contacted at americaadapts @ g mail . com .
In today's episode, we take a look at the recent Supreme Court decision to rescind its grant of certiorari in the 4th Circuit opinion of Grimm v. Gloucester County School District. What happened, and what does this mean for transgender rights? First, we begin with an examination of the Trump administration's revised Executive Order (sometimes called the "Muslim Ban") restricting entry from now six Muslim-majority nations. As you may recall, we first addressed this issue back in Opening Arguments episode #43. Does this revised order comply with the law and solve the problems outlined by the 9th Circuit, or is it still "obviously unconstitutional," as many news sources claim? You'll know better than the New York Times soon enough! In our main segment, we look at Title IX's prohibition on "sex" discrimination and discuss whether it applies to discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity while walking through the somewhat unique procedural history of the Grimm decision. Next, we evaluate whether former President Obama would be likely to prevail in a lawsuit for defamation against President Trump for the claim that Obama "wiretapped Trump Towers" prior to the election. Is this Bat Boy?? Finally, we end with the answer to Thomas Takes the Bar Exam question #14 about IIED. Remember that TTTBE issues a new question every Friday, followed by the answer on next Tuesday's show. Don't forget to play along by following our Twitter feed (@Openargs) and/or our Facebook Page and quoting the Tweet or Facebook Post that announces this episode along with your guess and reason(s)! Recent Appearances: Andrew was a guest on The Gaytheist Manifesto podcast, discussing the history of Title IX. Show Notes & Links If you missed it, you'll want to check out OA Episode #43, in which we first discussed the 9th Circuit's Opinion that we revisit in this episode. This is the full text of President Trump's revised Executive Order ("Muslim Ban"). According to this Guardian article, Hawaii has already sued to block the Revised EO. This is the decision in Church of Babalu Aye v. City of Hialeah, 508 U.S. 520 (1993), which is the touchstone for whether Trump's Revised EO violates the First Amendment. Click here to read the (overconfident) New York Times article, "Don't Be Fooled" that asserts that the Revised EO is blatantly unconstitutional. This is the text of 20 U.S.C. § 1681 ("Title IX"). This is the memorandum issued by the Obama DOJ providing guidance as to how to interpret Title IX. And click here for the 4th Circuit's now-vacated opinion in Grimm v. Gloucester County School Board that we discuss during the show. Support us on Patreon at: patreon.com/law Follow us on Twitter: @Openargs Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/openargs/ And email us at openarguments@gmail.com Direct Download
Chinese companies around the world, particularly in Africa, have a well-earned reputation for being bad corporate citizens. There are countless stories of labor rights violations, disregard of environmental policies and lack of engagement with local communities among many other allegations. While all of these examples highlight a serious problem in China's overseas corporate governance, it doesn't tell the whole story. New research from the International Institute for Environment and Development that surveyed 58 representatives across three African countries revealed that Chinese corporate behavior varies widely depending on the local conditions of where it invests. That is, in those areas where there is weak rule of law, for example, Chinese and other foreign investors tend to behave poorly. However, elsewhere, where there are higher standards, Chinese companies behave significantly better, thus challenging the prevailing negative narrative about Chinese companies disregard of corporate social responsibility. IIED researcher Weng Xiaoxue helped prepare the new report where she also noted that a new generation of younger Chinese corporate managers in Africa is behaving very differently from their older predecessors who were too often reluctant to engage with locals, communicate with the media and implement effective corporate social responsibility practices. Xiaoxue joins Eric & Cobus to discuss why the old memes about Chinese corporate behavior in Africa are rapidly changing. Join the discussion? How do Chinese companies in your country or community behave? Facebook: www.chinaafricaproject.com/ChinaAfricaProject Twiter: @eolander | @stadenesque
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