Dec 17, 2025

UNOPS Rewires Aid Accountability: Tracking Scope 3 Emissions in the Development Sector (A Conversation with Samantha Stratton-Short)

Samantha Stratton-Short

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Dec 17, 2025

Season 3

Episode 9

UNOPS Rewires Aid Accountability: Tracking Scope 3 Emissions in the Development Sector (A Conversation with Samantha Stratton-Short)

The United Nations Office for Project Services, widely known as UNOPS, is pushing climate accountability into the core of development work by tackling the most elusive part of its carbon footprint: Scope 3 emissions. In this episode of DevelopmentAid Dialogues, host Hisham Allam speaks with Samantha Stratton-Short, Head of Strategic Initiatives, Infrastructure and Project Management at UNOPS and Manager of the UNOPS Climate Action Programme....

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Samantha Stratton-Short

Head of Strategic Initiatives at UNOPS

Samantha is an architect with a PhD in sustainable development and a career in urban development and resilience. Prior to UNOPS, Samantha led International Development for Arup in Southeast Asia based in the Philippines.

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Hisham Allam

DevelopmenAid Dialogues host

Hisham Allam is a DevelopmentAid journalist and podcast host, renowned for award-winning investigative work, including the Pulitzer Prize for his contributions to the Panama Papers.

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UNOPS Rewires Aid Accountability: Tracking Scope 3 Emissions in the Development Sector (A Conversation with Samantha Stratton-Short)

UNOPS Rewires Aid Accountability: Tracking Scope 3 Emissions in the Development Sector (A Conversation with Samantha Stratton-Short)

Produced by

DevAid Dialogues

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