Events
Through conferences, webinars, workshops, and panel discussions, IISD actively engages some of the world's leading thinkers on various topics of sustainable development.
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High-level Political Forum 2021 Debrief
IISD’s experts provide a snapshot of the United Nations High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2021’s proceedings amid the pandemic.
Mapping India's Energy Subsidies 2021: Time to Renew Support for India’s Clean Energy Ambitions?
Experts will discuss India's energy subsidies from FY 2014 to FY 2020, major shifts since COVID-19, and how subsidies can promote clean energy transition.
VNR lessons for the Decade of Action and to Build Forward Better: Identifying Best Practices and Progressing Effective SDGs Implementation
A HLPF side event will share recommendations for countries and other stakeholders on how to continuously improve the quality of VNRs
Climate Advocacy and the Politics of National Oil Companies
This webinar will focus on drivers and opportunities for transforming national oil companies across different types of political contexts.
Building Post-COVID Recovery Around Wealth Rather than GDP
How can measures of wealth that go beyond GDP be used to prioritize post-COVID recovery actions and contribute to SDGs? Find answers at this HLPF side event.
Step Off The Gas: New perspectives and opportunities to shift international public finance from fossil fuels to clean energy
This event will outline the decisive role that international public finance plays in accelerating the transition from fossil fuels to clean energy in the Global South.
Parliamentarian Action #5 | Alternative Approaches to Collateral to Increase Women’s Access to Rural and Agricultural Finance
The fifth virtual dialogue of the Parliamentarians Actions for Gender Equality and Resilient Food Systems in Response to Covid-19 series brought together parliamentarians, financial institutions, and other main stakeholders to discuss the importance of developing alternative approaches for risk sharing and management that can increase women’s access to finance through alternative collateral requirements.
Virtual Workshop for Government Officials Eastern and Southern Africa
The main goals of this virtual training workshop are to help government officials understand the legal and policy risks and potential benefits of different business models in agriculture, with a focus on large-scale agribusiness investments—this is while applying the Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems (CFS-RAI) to better analyze legal tools used.
The Why and How of Investment Dispute Prevention and Management Agencies – Sharing country experiences
This webinar on dispute prevention and management agencies built on the research findings of a forthcoming IISD publication by Jonathan Bonnitcha and Zoe Phillips Williams, and aimed to inform policymakers as they consider alternatives and complements to investor-state dispute settlement.
Webinar | Greening Aid for Trade and the SDGs
This webinar examined efforts and possibilities for "greening" Aid for Trade, including in the context of the COVID-19 recovery. It featured an introduction to a new joint publication (forthcoming) by IISD and the Forum on Trade, Environment & the SDGs.