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    As Members Debate WTO Reform, What Lies Ahead for 2019?

    As Members Debate WTO Reform, What Lies Ahead for 2019?

    The international trade community is returning to action in what promises to be a jam-packed year that could set the stage for an overhaul of the World Trade Organization. Read More
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    How Integrated Vulnerability Assessments Support NAP Processes in the Pacific Region

    How Integrated Vulnerability Assessments Support NAP Processes in the Pacific Region

    This briefing note highlights the significance of the integrated vulnerability assessment (IVA) framework to the NAP processes underway in three Pacific island states: Kiribati, Tuvalu and the Solomon Islands. Read More
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    How Will Cannabis Legalization Affect our Fresh Water?

    How Will Cannabis Legalization Affect our Fresh Water?

    The world’s freshwater laboratory is a very busy field station these days—with ongoing studies examining Read More

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    CEO Transition

    CEO Transition

    Scott Vaughan ends his tenure as President and CEO of IISD, having set the organization up for future success, growth and relevance. Read More
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    Reducing IIA Risks to Climate Change Rules Using Permits

    Reducing IIA Risks to Climate Change Rules Using Permits

    The purchase of Washington Gas holds important developments for permitting foreign investment without hampering the growth of climate change regulations. Read More
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    Background Document: Legal Framework of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment in the Mining Sector

    Background Document: Legal Framework of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment in the Mining Sector

    This background document identifies the issues and problems related to the legal framework of ESIAs and related plans in the legal framework of mineral resource-rich countries. Read More
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    Trade Can be a Driver of Climate Action

    Trade Can be a Driver of Climate Action

    CETA, the landmark trade agreement between the EU and Canada, holds established best practices for trade-accelerated climate action, Bernice Lee and Scott Vaughan argue as the business, civil society and policy communities gather in Brussels to consider how to merge trade and climate action. Read More
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    Gender and Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform: Findings from and recommendations for Bangladesh, India and Nigeria

    Gender and Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform: Findings from and recommendations for Bangladesh, India and Nigeria

    This report looks at the impact of subsidies to kerosene and liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and subsidy reform from a gender perspective across three countries: Bangladesh, India and Nigeria. Read More
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    Davos, Sustainable Development and an Open Mind

    Davos, Sustainable Development and an Open Mind

    What did a sustainable development professional take away from mingling with the billionaires, world leaders, technocrats and financiers of Davos? Read More
  • Policy Brief
    IISD Experimental Lakes Area Response to Ontario’s Commitments to Freshwater Protection in Preserving and Protecting our Environment for Future Generations: A Made-in-Ontario Environment Plan

    IISD Experimental Lakes Area Response to Ontario’s Commitments to Freshwater Protection in Preserving and Protecting our Environment for Future Generations: A Made-in-Ontario Environment Plan

    IISD-ELA's response to the Government of Ontario’s Environment Plan that sets out necessary steps and goals to achieve a more sustainable future for the province. 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.