Presentation/Lecture | Jun 2024

In debt to nature: How financing election campaigns drives environmental destruction

Micol Martini (WWF International, moderator), Chelsea Dreher (IFES), Slobodan Milic (NDI), Maurice Nyambe (TI Zambia), Tim Steele (UNODC), Magaly Avila (Proetica), Beverly Besmanos (Bantay Kita), David Aled Williams (U4-CMI) (2024)
International Anti-Corruption Conference, Vilnius, Lithuania
https://iaccseries.org/iacc-2024/agenda/

What do we do when political finance creates incentives for the powerful to destroy the environment? This workshop at the International Anti-Corruption Conference in Vilnius, Lithuania, examined how running for office in many places is paid for by harming nature, and how this harms people and democracy. We heard of the impacts of this problem, exploring experiences from Peru, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Zambia. We joined with colleagues from political finance and conservation to consider solutions.

Read more:
https://iaccseries.org/iacc-2024/agenda/

David Aled Williams

Principal Adviser (U4) and Senior Researcher (CMI)

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