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Our experts offer practical guidance to help authorities choose the right system of electricity generation and reduce consumption of fossil-based transport fuels, and to implement international climate change commitments.

We work side-by-side with local partners for less costly, more equitable energy systems. Aware of international policy developments, we identify wasteful practices, encourage new thinking, engage civil society and support policy reform.

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Policy Brief

Policy Brief

Kerosene to Solar Swap Policy Brief 2: Building a Market for Off Grid Solar Lighting

This policy brief looks at the current market situation for off-grid solar technologies in India and the current barriers to an enabling business environment for solar.
Policy Brief

Policy Brief

Kerosene to Solar Swap Policy Brief 1: Kerosene Subsidies in India: The status quo, challenges and the emerging path to reform

This policy brief examines the current system of kerosene subsidies in India, looking at key issues and the impact subsidies have on the distribution of clean, off-grid solar lighting solutions.
Report

Report

North American Energy Integration: Assessing oil and gas policy issues ahead of NAFTA renegotiation

Mexico, Canada and the United States stand to benefit from increasing energy sector interconnectedness and coordination. What key environmental and fiscal policy areas related to oil and gas development provide opportunities for further harmonization?
Annual Report

Annual Report

Equity and a Healthy Planet: IISD Annual Report 2016-2017

IISD's annual report for 2016-2017 presents stories from those who are working with us to ensure our economies are more sustainable, our environment is healthier, and our futures are more sustainable.
Blog

Blog

Can Trade Help Deliver the Paris Agreement? Lessons learned from the G20

This year’s G20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany, saw long and heated discussion on the urgency of delivering the Paris Agreement.
Blog

Blog

From C20 to the G20: What we need on carbon pricing and fossil fuel subsidy reform

IISD’s Global Subsidies Initiative presented at a side event on June 18 at the C20 Summit, a gathering that facilitated exchanges among civil society from G20 countries on the upcoming G20 Summit agenda and beyond.
Report

Report

At the Crossroads: Balancing the financial and social costs of coal transition in China

The global decline of the coal industry has led to job losses and mine closures. As Shanxi in China considers how to create new employment in a coal dependent region we review international experience of the tranistion away from coal.
Blog

Blog

The True Cost of Coal and Renewables in Indonesia

Indonesia is facing an energy crunch as demand for electricity rises across the country. The country is one of the world’s largest coal producers, and is developing plans for an additional 35 gigawatts (GW) of new coal-fired power stations. Proponents of the development claim that coal is the cheapest source of energy available. Is this really true?