IISD In The News
IISD's research, experts and publications are regularly featured by press outlets and on multimedia platforms around the world.
The list below is a selection of recent mentions. Click Here for other media-related content.
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HOW REMOTE LAKES COULD HELP UNRAVEL THE MYSTERIES OF MICROPLASTIC
Wired - July 01, 2019 We have little data on how microplastic might be affecting the animals exposed to it, and we certainly don’t know how the stuff could be affecting whole ecosystems. A system of small, isolated lakes in Canada, though, could help unravel those mysteries.
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G20 countries triple coal power subsidies despite climate crisis
The Guardian - June 25, 2019 G20 countries have almost tripled the subsidies they give to coal-fired power plants in recent years, despite the urgent need to cut the carbon emissions driving the climate crisis.
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Trump prepares to roll back limits on mercury emissions
National Observer - June 07, 2019 It is incumbent upon our government to pressure the Trump administration to reconsider changes to U.S. EPA regulations on mercury.
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La mejor amiga del diamante
Gold and Time - June 07, 2019 En un negocio donde la gran mayoría de los consumidores finales son mujeres, las mujeres en el sector de los diamantes están muy poco representadas, no solo en los niveles de ejecutivos y empleados, sino también en la forma en que tradicionalmente se ha comercializado el producto.
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EPA deepens media knowledge on Climate Adaptation plan framework
Ghana Web - June 07, 2019 The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in partnership with the National Development Planning Commission (NDPC) has developed the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Framework that will guide and advance Ghana in its climate change adaptation measures.
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We Must do More to Speed up Ending Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Inter Press Service - June 05, 2019 Fossil fuels—oil, gas, coal and their derivatives—pollute the atmosphere and emit the greenhouse gases that are ramping up global heating to dangerous levels. But did you know that governments around the world are subsidizing this pollution?
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The Climate Change Risk to Our Banks
TVO - May 28, 2019 The Bank of Canada turned heads this month when, in its annual financial system review, it included climate change as a risk to financial institutions. What will this mean for banks and for Canada's corporate sector?
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Province provides funds for Experimental Lakes Area
Kenora Miner & News - May 22, 2019 The Ontario provincial government will be providing $2 million in funding for ongoing research at the International Institute for Sustainable Development-Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA).
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Climate change threatens 'both the economy and the financial system,' says Bank of Canada
CBC - May 16, 2019 For the first time ever, the Bank of Canada has released a report examining the threat climate change poses to the country's financial system.
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Caribbean has stake in UNCITRAL Investor-State Dispute Settlement reform
St. Lucia News Online - May 16, 2019 Caribbean States must make their voices heard in the Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) reform discussions currently underway in the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL).
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