Upcoming Events
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July 10, 2019
Converting Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform into Opportunities for Climate Action
Side event in the margins of the High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development 2019, co-sponsored by Costa Rica, New Zealand, Switzerland, Friends of Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform, IISD/Global Subsidies Initiative and UNEP.
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July 9-11, 2019
Peer Learning Summit: Engaging the Private Sector in National Adaptation Planning Processes
This Peer Learning Summit will bring together developing country representatives, climate support initiatives, and bilateral donors to facilitate sustained South-South peer learning and exchange on how countries can engage the private sector in their NAP processes, with a focus on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the agriculture and tourism sectors.
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July 9, 2019
Towards an Accountable, Inclusive and Participatory SDG Implementation That Leaves No One Behind
An HLPF 2019 side event showcases concrete ways to reach the ‘ambitious and transformational’ 2030 Agenda and the pledge that no one will be left behind.
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July 8-10, 2019
[EN/ES] National Capacity-Building Workshop: International Investment Agreements, Investor-State Arbitration, Strategic Negotiation, and Reform of the International Investment Regime
IISD, together with the Paraguayan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, is holding a specialized training workshop on the negotiation of international investment agreements and related topics.
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July 4, 2019
Webinar: Security for Costs in International Investment Law
This session of the IISD Webinar Series on Investment Law and Policy analyzed the importance of security for costs in the current investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) context; the challenges that host states face in seeking these securities; elements for potential treaty reform and revised arbitral rules; jurisprudence involving security for costs; and related topics.
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July 1, 2019
Webinar: Making Climate-Resilient Infrastructure the Norm
This webinar will explore approaches to calculating the cost of climate risks and externalities. We will also discuss the risks assessment conducted using the Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi). It is co-organized by IISD and the Global Commission on Adaptation.
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June 27, 2019
Webinar: Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Contracts: Understanding new approaches to contractual clauses
This webinar examined the different approaches to designing public-private partnership (PPP) agreements, as well as what these approaches mean and their implications in practice, including for infrastructure development.
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June 20, 2019
Webinar: Sustainability Standards and Women’s Rights to Land and Agricultural Resources
Join us Thursday, June 20, at 10:00 a.m. ET / 4:00 p.m. CEST as we discuss how sustainability standards can contribute positively to women’s rights to land and agricultural resources.
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June 20-21, 2019
New Tech, New Deal: Reconceptualizing shared value for the mine of the future
We are convening a group of invite-only industry experts in Paris June 20-21 for a roundtable as part of the IGF's New Tech, New Deal project.
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June 12, 2019
Casualty or Catalyst: Gender equality and the future of mining
We are pleased to invite you to our workshop on June 12, 2019, from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., at Carleton University to discuss gender equality and the future of mining.
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