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Sustainable development is a broad, complex field with many overlapping, interconnected issues. It can be hard to stay on top of where progress is being made, what new issues are emerging, and how current events are shifting us in new directions. IISD’s experts have the insight you need.

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This Is What Young People Have to Say About INC-5

The treaty must address the entire life cycle of plastics, youth tell INC-5 negotiators. We couldn’t agree more.

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November 26, 2024

Stabilization Clauses: The hidden provisions that can hinder tax and investment policy reform

Stabilization clauses should no longer automatically be included in contracts between states and investors. If they are, they should, at a minimum, build on the latest international standards on stabilization to avoid being a barrier to sustainable development.

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November 22, 2024

Advancing Gender Equality and Human Rights at COP 29: Why intersectionality matters

There has been resistance to integrating intersectionality language in UNFCCC discussions, but Angie Dazé explains why it is a key step toward climate justice.

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November 4, 2024

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Paris Talks a Clear Chance for Canada to Lead on Plastics Pollution

As ministers and policymakers meet in Paris for INC-2, Canada needs to be leading the way when it comes to protecting our environment—and fresh water—from plastics pollution.

Insight May 29, 2023

The Final Countdown: How Canada can end fossil fuel subsidies this year

The conversation on ending fossil fuel subsidies in Canada has been hanging like a dark cloud over the country, with years of pledges failing to lead to concrete action. But the skies may finally clear in the coming months with the release of Canada's long-awaited subsidies framework and policy.

Insight May 29, 2023

Last Call for the Global Stocktake

The 2023 Bonn Climate Change Conference will be the last opportunity for countries and relevant stakeholders to provide technical inputs into the two-year Global Stocktake process. What are our expectations on adaptation?

Insight May 24, 2023

Uncovering the Value of Sustainable Transport Investments

Using a case study in Coimbatore, India, IISD demonstrates the importance of recognizing, valuing, and reflecting the full economic, social and environmental benefits and costs of a transport project in infrastructure decision-making.

Insight May 22, 2023

A focus on water can lessen climate change’s burn

Canadians need water infrastructure to protect us in the face of mounting risks of flooding, drought, extreme heat, and wildfires.

Insight May 18, 2023

"Green Lemons" Need to be Squeezed out From the ESG Market

Weak ESG governance and reporting standards are putting a brake on sustainability investments beyond climate mitigation, but several new regulatory initiatives could herald the start of a more positive trend.

Insight April 18, 2023

Four Ways the G7 Can Show Leadership on Fossil Fuel Phase-Out

G7 ministers and leaders have a key opportunity this year to make concrete progress on fossil fuel phase-out, which could in turn encourage other economies to follow suit.

Insight April 13, 2023

A Quest for Legal Clarity: What the International Court of Justice's upcoming advisory opinion means for climate action

The United Nations General Assembly resolution comes at a pivotal moment for the international climate community, as governments, civil society, academia, and private actors all prepare for the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change's 28th Conference of the Parties (COP 28) this November.

Insight April 6, 2023

IPCC Research Shows Need for Ramping Up Mitigation Ambition, Tackling Adaptation Gaps

The IPCC Synthesis Report of its sixth assessment cycle confirms that the world is dangerously close to the 1.5°C limit under the Paris Agreement—but also affirms there are proven options to avert catastrophic warming and act on adaptation.

Insight March 22, 2023

Source to Sea: Integrating the water agenda in 2023

2023 could prove to be a definitive year for facilitating an integrative perspective on water issues, from fresh water to the marine environment.

Insight March 22, 2023

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This Is What Young People Have to Say About INC-5

Stabilization Clauses: The hidden provisions that can hinder tax and investment policy reform

Advancing Gender Equality and Human Rights at COP 29: Why intersectionality matters

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