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    A Tribute to Maurice Strong (1929-2015)

    A Tribute to Maurice Strong (1929-2015)

    IISD is pleased to present a video tribute to the life of Maurice Strong. Read More
  • Blog
    A New Year of Subsidy Reform

    A New Year of Subsidy Reform

    2016 begins with two historic global achievements in place to reform subsidies that harm the poor and damage the environment. Read More
  • Report
    Migration and Conservation in the Misotshi-Kabogo Ecosystem

    Migration and Conservation in the Misotshi-Kabogo Ecosystem

    Human migration is playing a significant role in driving land conversion and sustaining the overexploitation of key natural resources in the... Read More

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    Human Migration and Ecosystems: Insights from the Great Lakes Region of East and Central Africa

    Human Migration and Ecosystems: Insights from the Great Lakes Region of East and Central Africa

    For centuries, people in east and central Africa have used migration as a strategy to respond to shocks, sustain livelihoods and adapt to... Read More

  • Blog
    Naked Budgets: A fiscal argument to save the climate

    Naked Budgets: A fiscal argument to save the climate

    Two news stories this week, emerging from either side of the Atlantic, encapsulate the climate change conundrum. Read More
  • Blog
    Are We There Yet? Five criteria for successfully measuring progress on the SDGs

    Are We There Yet? Five criteria for successfully measuring progress on the SDGs

    To measure progress, we need a starting point. Where are we with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Read More
  • Blog
    TransCanada Corporation’s Arbitration Against the U.S. is Worrying for Democracy

    TransCanada Corporation’s Arbitration Against the U.S. is Worrying for Democracy

    Each year companies lodge dozens of legal cases against governments under a little-known mechanism called investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS). Few make headlines. Read More
  • Book
    CCICED Policy Research Report on Environment and Development 2014: Management and institutional innovation in green development

    CCICED Policy Research Report on Environment and Development 2014: Management and institutional innovation in green development

    The China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development—a body of international and Chinese experts—offers its recommendations to the Chinese government on the transition to a green economy.  Read More
  • Paper
    Subsidies to Coal Production in China

    Subsidies to Coal Production in China

    This report presents the first detailed estimate of subsidies to coal production in China, identifying an estimated USD 5.8 billion in in government support in 2013. Read More
  • Paper
    Our City: A Peg Report on Health Equity

    Our City: A Peg Report on Health Equity

    This report shines a light on the gap between the groups in Winnipeg experiencing the highest and lowest health status, and why that gap exists. 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.