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    How NGOs Can Survive in the Age of Distrust

    How NGOs Can Survive in the Age of Distrust

    For the fourth year in a row, Transparify has given IISD its highest rating for financial disclosure of donors. Read More
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    Voices and Choices: Laudato Si at three years

    Voices and Choices: Laudato Si at three years

    Voices from around the globe recently came together to celebrate and put into action Laudato Si, Pope Francis's call for dialogue on the radical changes needed to repair our earth. Read More
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    Developing a Progressive Agenda for Reform of International Investment Law: Canadian perspectives

    Developing a Progressive Agenda for Reform of International Investment Law: Canadian perspectives

    This report presents the ideas posited by various Canadian stakeholders in an IISD expert meeting on a progressive agenda on investment, held in Ottawa, Canada, June 13, 2018. Read More
  • Briefing Note
    Investment Facilitation: Making sense of concepts, discussions and processes

    Investment Facilitation: Making sense of concepts, discussions and processes

    This background note provides an overview of discussions on investment at the global level in order to better understand and place the current discussions on investment facilitation.  Read More
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    ALivE: A new tool for Ecosystem-based Adaptation

    ALivE: A new tool for Ecosystem-based Adaptation

    There’s an urgent need to prepare ecosystems for climate change impacts. Healthy ecosystems are critical for sustaining livelihoods. They also increase our capacity to adapt to climate change. Read More
  • Blog
    Let's talk, not bicker, about Canada's energy future

    Let's talk, not bicker, about Canada's energy future

    A clean energy transition requires Canadians to find consensus and act. Read More
  • Blog
    China's War on Pollution—and What Comes Next

    China's War on Pollution—and What Comes Next

    Insights on China's climate leadership following the 10th meeting of Eco Forum Global. Read More
  • Report
    Inventory of Energy Subsidies in the EU's Eastern Partnership Countries

    Inventory of Energy Subsidies in the EU's Eastern Partnership Countries

    This publication aims to provide the first comprehensive and consistent record of energy subsidies in the Eastern Partnership (EaP) region, with a view to improving transparency and establishing a solid analytical basis that can help build the case for further reforms in these countries (this study covers Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine).  Read More
  • Report
    Global Value Chain Policy Series: Environment

    Global Value Chain Policy Series: Environment

    This paper, part of the Global Value Chain Policy Series, examines questions that arise at the intersection of environmental sustainability and global value chains.  Read More
  • Guidebook
    ALivE Adaptation, Livelihoods and Ecosystem Planning Tool: User Manual

    ALivE Adaptation, Livelihoods and Ecosystem Planning Tool: User Manual

    The ALivE user manual provides detailed guidance on applying the computer-based ALivE tool designed to support the planning of effective and feasible ecosystem-based adaptation options. 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.