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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Half of 'Made-in-Manitoba' green strategy is still good to go, despite carbon tax wrangling: plan author
CBC (Canada) - October 05, 2018 The author of Manitoba's green plan says while Manitoba is pledging to not charge a carbon tax, there's another megatonne of carbon reductions just waiting to be implemented.
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New trade deal doesn't address climate change: environmentalists
CTV (Canada) - October 01, 2018 Environmental groups say a new trade deal between the United States, Canada and Mexico continues to coddle a fossil fuel economy that needs to shift in the face of climate change.
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Clean Energy Boom Could Fuel One of the World's Dirtiest Industries
Gizmodo (USA) - September 26, 2018 A recent report warns the clean energy transition could fuel the emergence of new conflicts over the mining of rare earths, cobalt, lithium, and a host of other much-needed raw materials—unless companies and governments take proactive steps to prevent that from happening.
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G7 promise to kill fossil fuel subsidies hangs over Halifax meetings
National Observer (Canada) - September 20, 2018 As climate change warms the oceans and melts polar ice, rising the seas and provoking extreme storms, G7 members have found themselves unable to share basic facts about their promise to kill off government handouts to carbon-polluting industries.
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Restoring what we've ruined may be the best defence against climate-change disasters
Vancouver Sun (Canada) - September 20, 2018 A new study shows that restoring shorelines, riverbeds and wetlands to what they were before we interfered with them is both cheaper and more beneficial than traditional flood mitigation projects.
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Urgent Action on Green Infrastructure Can Reduce Economic Risk
Water Canada - September 19, 2018 Natural infrastructure—such as wetlands and riverbeds—can help reduce the damage and costs of flooding in Canada, a new study finds.
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'Urgent action needed' to preserve wetlands and mitigate flood risk: report
CTV (Canada) - September 18, 2018 A new report, issued in partnership with the Insurance Bureau of Canada, the Intact Centre and the International Institute for Sustainable Development, indicates restoring ponds and wetlands can be a more cost-friendly and effective way of preventing flooding than man-made alternatives, such as dams or levies.
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Le BAC suggère d’utiliser les infrastructures naturelles pour limiter les inondations
Le Journal de L'Assurance - September 18, 2018 Une étude faite conjointement par le Bureau d’assurance du Canada (BAC), le Centre Intact d’adaptation au climat et le International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) suggère aux communautés d’utiliser les infrastructures naturelles afin de limiter les risques d’inondation.
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Taxpayer dollars going to fossil fuel industry undermines climate solutions: new report
The Star Vancouver (Canada) - September 18, 2018 The Canadian federal government continues to use hundreds of millions in taxpayer dollars to subsidize a fossil fuel industry by offering tax breaks, fiscal supports and direct grants to encourage the production of more oil, gas and coal, according to a new report from a coalition of environmental organizations.
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Climate Change, Gender Specialists To Meet In Jamaica
Jamaica Gleaner - September 14, 2018 Specialists will converge on Jamaica to discuss two very important topics - gender and climate change adaptation planning - and how they intersect.
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