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Sharp opinion and analysis on issues that are critical to sustainable development.
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June 28
North American Climate Leadership Can Be Good for the Environment and the Economy
Climate change will be high on the agenda as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, President Barack Obama and President Peña Nieto meet in Ottawa this week for the North American leadership summit. With the right approach, cooperation will make it easier for the three countries to meet their respective climate commitments, while also creating economic opportunities.
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June 17
Cattails Into Clean Energy: Where to from here?
Richard Grosshans takes a look at the success our bioeconomy work harvesting cattails into clean-energy pellets, and discusses where the project is headed now.
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June 8
Government Policies are Discouraging Adaptation to Climate Change
"Unless these perverse risk-shifting incentives are replaced with measures that strongly promote precautionary adaptation before disasters strike, climate change damages are likely to make the Wall Street meltdown seem like a minor blip."
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May 26
Minister McKenna Talks Climate Change and Water Issues at IISD’s Winnipeg Headquarters
IISD was pleased to welcome the Honourable Catherine McKenna to our Winnipeg office to discuss some of the most pressing issues we all work on.
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May 23
Channeling the Flow—Rising to the Reporting Challenge for the 2030 Agenda
The plan of action set out in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development requires implementation by all countries and stakeholders, acting in collaborative partnership. That action will not happen by itself. We have less than fifteen years to transform the world, and the task is complex.
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May 19
Aligning Sustainability Reporting Between the Public and Private Sectors
"Here’s the good news: sustainability reporting is now widespread in both the public and private sectors...."
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May 18
Reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals—Challenges for OECD Countries. Part 4: Finance
In part four of a blog series on the challenges that OECD countries face in reporting on their progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, Mark Halle discusses how to to generate sufficient public and private investment.
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May 11
Fort McMurray Fires: A reminder that we need to prepare for the impacts of climate change
Fort McMurray can be a wake up call—a touchstone that reminds us how critically important it is to invest in preparing for (and even preventing) the next event, and all those that will follow.
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May 10
Reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals—Challenges for OECD Countries. Part 3: Means of Implementation
In part three of a blog series on the challenges that OECD countries face in reporting on their progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, Mark Halle discusses financing the implementation of goals.
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May 9
Environmental Protection Boosts Productivity
"Adopting an actual price on carbon emissions and incorporating them into the market economy would affect decisions throughout the economy and help prevent harmful climate change."
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