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    Investment Treaty News (ITN), Volume 10, Issue 2, June 2019

    Investment Treaty News (ITN), Volume 10, Issue 2, June 2019

    Investment Treaty News (ITN) is IISD’s flagship journal on international investment law and policy. Read More
  • Blog
    How Institutional Arrangements Can Engage Small Businesses in Climate Adaptation

    How Institutional Arrangements Can Engage Small Businesses in Climate Adaptation

    Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises need a supportive environment of institutional, legal and policy frameworks to adapt to climate change. Read More
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    Zooplankton and Fresh Water: Here are the facts

    Zooplankton and Fresh Water: Here are the facts

    Zooplankton are critical parts of freshwater ecosystems, but often get forgotten. Scientist Mike Paterson explains what zooplankton are, and why they matter. Read More
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    Monitoring and Evaluation Systems for Adapting to Climate Change Are Only As Good As They Are Usable

    Monitoring and Evaluation Systems for Adapting to Climate Change Are Only As Good As They Are Usable

    Monitoring and evaluation systems for climate change adaptation should make it easier for people and decision makers to learn what is working and what is not. Read More
  • Report
    G20 Coal Subsidies: Tracking government support to a fading industry

    G20 Coal Subsidies: Tracking government support to a fading industry

    This research tracks each G20 country’s progress in phasing out subsidies to the production and consumption of coal (including coal-fired power), looking at fiscal support, public finance and state-owned enterprise investment.   Read More
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    Paying For It: How governments can help the private sector overcome financial barriers to investing in adaptation

    Paying For It: How governments can help the private sector overcome financial barriers to investing in adaptation

    Private sector engagement will be essential to the success of the NAP process, whether through direct financing or active participation in adaptation actions. Governments can play a key role in enabling this private sector engagement by promoting a number of enabling factors. Read More
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    Why Information Sharing is Key to Engaging Businesses in the NAP Process

    Why Information Sharing is Key to Engaging Businesses in the NAP Process

    Private sector engagement in climate change adaptation will be necessary for countries, communities and individuals to meet the climate crisis. Read More
  • Report
    Canadian Initiatives Against Bribery by Foreign Investors

    Canadian Initiatives Against Bribery by Foreign Investors

    Building on the recognition that corruption threatens sustainable development, the report analyzes Canadian legal initiatives under both domestic and international law against bribery by Canadian businesses investing abroad. Read More
  • Report
    An Application of the Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) Methodology to Pelly's Lake and Stephenfield Reservoir, Manitoba, Canada

    An Application of the Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) Methodology to Pelly's Lake and Stephenfield Reservoir, Manitoba, Canada

    This report provides a valuation of the ecosystem services in Stephenfield Reservoir and Pelly's Lake in Manitoba, Canada. Read More
  • Energy Efficiency and Subsidy Reform: A virtuous circle

    Energy Efficiency and Subsidy Reform: A virtuous circle

    Energy challenges are similar across the world. Fortunately, so are the solutions. In many cases, subsidy reform and energy efficiency are closely linked and mutually supportive. Read More

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