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    IISD Reaction to Canadian Environment Commissioner’s 2019 Spring Reports

    IISD Reaction to Canadian Environment Commissioner’s 2019 Spring Reports

    “Slow action on climate change that is disturbing.” That stark assessment wraps up Canada’s Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development Julie Gelfand’s final report, released earlier today. Read More
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    Investor–State Dispute Settlement Reform Talks Resume at UNCITRAL

    Investor–State Dispute Settlement Reform Talks Resume at UNCITRAL

    The next meeting of a United Nations working group debating options for reforming investor–state dispute settlement takes place in New York April 1 to 5. Read More
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    ASEAN Guidelines for Responsible Investment in Food, Agriculture and Forestry

    ASEAN Guidelines for Responsible Investment in Food, Agriculture and Forestry

    These guidelines, adopted by ASEAN Ministers on Agriculture and Forestry, focus on promoting responsible investment in the region's food, agriculture and forestry sectors. Read More
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    Canada's International Trade Obligations: Barrier or opportunity for sustainable public procurement?

    Canada's International Trade Obligations: Barrier or opportunity for sustainable public procurement?

    This paper explores the extent to which international trade agreements could pose a barrier to sustainable procurement or, conversely, enable sustainability to take a more prominent role in the procurement process. Read More
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    Undertreated Sewage Contributes to Harmful Algal Blooms

    Undertreated Sewage Contributes to Harmful Algal Blooms

    In this short brochure, the Lake Winnipeg Foundation and the International Institute for Sustainable Development, present their plans for an interim solution to Winnipeg's phosphorus woes. Read More
  • Report
    Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) of the Contournement de Rabat (Morocco)

    Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) of the Contournement de Rabat (Morocco)

    IISD has carried out an economic and financial assessment of different risk scenarios of the contournement de Rabat, the bypass road in Morocco. The assessment included the valuation of different externalities related to the road project.  Read More
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    How Can Sustainability Standards Contribute to Empowering Women’s Food Security?

    How Can Sustainability Standards Contribute to Empowering Women’s Food Security?

    Food security is an intersectional issue and development organizations can use voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) to contribute to empowering women’s food security in agriculture. Read More
  • Report
    Leveraging Voluntary Sustainability Standards for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Agriculture: A Guide for Development Organizations Based on the Sustainable Development Goals

    Leveraging Voluntary Sustainability Standards for Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Agriculture: A Guide for Development Organizations Based on the Sustainable Development Goals

    Our report, available in English and French, explains how voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) can be used as a tool to meet the SDGs and targets related to gender equality and women’s empowerment in agriculture. Read More
  • Briefing Note
    From Flooding to Fire: How the Town of Canmore is preparing for climate change

    From Flooding to Fire: How the Town of Canmore is preparing for climate change

    This case study outlines the Town of Canmore's climate change adaptation planning process and the tool that supported it, the Climate Resilience Express tool. Read More
  • Blog
    How the U.S. EPA is Changing its Mercury Policy

    How the U.S. EPA is Changing its Mercury Policy

    We explain how President Trump wants the EPA to changes its policies on mercury, and how it could impact the United States and potentially Canada. Read More

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IISD publishes objective, independent, high-quality research including books, reports, working papers and other materials covering all sustainable development themes. 

The IISD Library includes reports, issue briefs, books, working papers and other materials capturing much of IISD's institutional and research history.

IISD's publications are available to download as PDF files at no charge. Hard copies of many of these are also available for sale. See our Permissions & Licensing Policy. We are occasionally able to reprint bulk orders of out-of-print publications (a minimum of 50 copies). For further information on such special orders, please contact the Publications Coordinator. If you have any trouble finding specific titles in the database or have any questions about our publications, please contact us.