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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Environmental and economic impact of British energy policy
The Guardian - March 15, 2016 Peter Wooders, the director of our Energy program, calls on the UK to stop subsidising fossil fuels.
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Obama passes climate change torch to Trudeau
CTV News - March 10, 2016 Scott Vaughan, president of the International Institute for Sustainable Development, said the common ground staked out by Trudeau and Obama is the "the first time in 15, 16 years that you've got two political leaders in Canada and the U.S. that are of the same mind to be able to talk about climate."
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Behind the pageantry, Obama and Trudeau try to build a shared legacy
iPolitics - March 10, 2016 “The U.S. EPA has been moving on this pretty systematically now for three of four years and with the agreement today Canada is going to have to figure out how it’s going to align and get on board,” said Scott Vaughan, president and CEO of the International Institute of Sustainable Development.
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Trudeau and Obama’s climate change announcement puts focus on Arctic
APTN - March 10, 2016 “I think there’s been a fundamental shift from Ottawa’s perception of climate related issues,” said Vaughan, who is currently president of the International Institute for Sustainable Development. “In the Arctic it’s profoundly more serious and accelerating more rapidly than anywhere else in the world. We need to move on this urgently.”
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New debate needed on Canada-EU trade deal
The Hill Times - March 09, 2016 "It is time for Canada to lead in re-evaluating what type of trade agreements are needed for this century." Howard Mann discusses the proposed CETA in an opinion piece for Canada's The Hill Times.
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Deal to curb methane on deck when Trudeau meets Obama in Washington
Global News - March 08, 2016 "Scott Vaughan, president of the International Institute for Sustainable Development, said in an interview there is a “huge amount of pre-existing work” between Canada and the United States on reducing methane and working towards clean energy."
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Foodbank Reliance
The Uniter - March 03, 2016 The number of Winnipeggers relying on food banks has increased significantly in the past 10 years, according to the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). The organization announced 20,000 more Winnipeggers rely on food banks now than in 2005.
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Vaughan: Fossil fuel subsidies weaken the climate change plan, prime minister
Ottawa Citizen - March 02, 2016 "The centrepiece of a national climate plan will be a carbon price ... Ottawa needs to ensure that those efforts are not weakened by its own continued support for fossil fuel subsidies," argue Scott Vaughan and Phil Gass in an opinion piece for the Ottawa Citizen.
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City's economy strong, studies say
Winnipeg Free Press - February 25, 2016 Winnipeg’s economy appears to be firing on all cylinders, new studies of key economic indicators suggest. Ahead of Mayor Brian Bowman’s second annual state of the city address today, the International Institute for Sustainable Development has conducted studies that chart three areas of Winnipeg’s economy.
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Food bank usage on rise in Winnipeg, report says
Winnipeg Free Press - February 18, 2016 "T[wenty thousand] more Winnipeggers — including a growing number of seniors — are regularly using food banks compared with 10 years ago. The study [...] shows 58,050 Winnipeggers turned to food banks each month in 2015, up from 39,265 in 2005.
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