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Sharp opinion and analysis on issues that are critical to sustainable development.
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October 3
USMCA Versus NAFTA on the Environment
The old NAFTA set the bar in linking trade and environment. How does its successor compare?
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October 2
USMCA Curbs How Much Investors Can Sue Countries—Sort of
The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) put the famous investor–state dispute settlement mechanism on the map. Now its rebirth as the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA) is taking it off again—at least between the United States and Canada.
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September 27
Can Food Labelling Improvements Reduce Obesity? Belgium Says Yes.
OECD countries have an obesity problem, but the early results of food label change offer hope.
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September 24
NAFTA Agriculture Clash Distracts From More Important Conversation: Sustainability
Following the NAFTA negotiations has been like riding a roller coaster, holding your breath because you don’t know what shock might be coming around the next corner.But one part of the conversation...
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September 21
Water Transfers: What they are and why they need to be better managed
One of the most ambitious responses to the unequal distribution of water around the globe is the large-scale physical transfers of water from one source or basin to another—otherwise known as water transfers. We explore why they happen and how we can manage them better.
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September 10
Cleaning up Toxic Soils in China: A trillion-dollar question
In its latest effort to address environmental problems, China has adopted its first soil pollution law. However, how to finance the remediation of the damage already done remains a big question.
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August 28
High-tech data needed to stop sewage overflows
Financial sector technology could help as cities struggle with waste.
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August 27
The Multiple Benefits of Natural Infrastructure
We explain exactly what natural infrastructure is and all the multiple benefits that it brings to humans and to the environment.
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August 24
Climate at the Crossroads
It began and ended with two new cabinets and two new words: climate change.They were added to the title of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s first Minister of the Environment and Climate Change in...
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August 24
Lack of competition with new GBP 600 million public procurement deal between the U.K. and Amazon may cost taxpayers
An online one-stop shop is a great opportunity for sustainable procurement, but the Yorkshire–Amazon example holds some cautionary notes.
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