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How Should Conservation Actors Approach Migration?
Migration has always been an important strategy for coping with variability and change in Africa’s Great Lakes region.
Canada in the Post-2015 World (French recording)
A recording of a half-day panel to discuss the implications of the Paris Climate Change Conference and the SDGs for Canada and the international community.
Canada in the Post-2015 World (English recording)
A recording of a half-day panel to discuss the implications of the Paris Climate Change Conference and the SDGs for Canada and the international community.
Overseeing Agenda 2030—How to Avoid a Repeat of the Commission on Sustainable Development
The High-Level Political Forum is responsible for tracking and facilitating the implementation of Agenda 2030 and its Sustainable Development Goals. Two things must happen if it is to be successful.
Green Bonds, Green Boundaries: Building China’s green financial system on a solid foundation
China's introduction of guidelines for green bonds marks an ambitious move to ramp-up environmentally friendly investment.
A Tribute to Maurice Strong (1929-2015)
IISD is pleased to present a video tribute to the life of Maurice Strong.
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.
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.
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)?
TransCanada Arbitration Against the U.S. 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.