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    Watershed and Human Health Indicators: Case studies from the Fraser Basin and Credit River

    Watershed and Human Health Indicators: Case studies from the Fraser Basin and Credit River

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    Sustainable Consumption and Production Indicators for the Future SDGs

    Sustainable Consumption and Production Indicators for the Future SDGs

    The purpose of this document is to assist Member States in identifying potential indicators for targets proposed under SDG 12 (Ensure... Read More

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    Empowering Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) by Leveraging Public Procurement: Eight Big Ideas From Mexico

    Empowering Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs) by Leveraging Public Procurement: Eight Big Ideas From Mexico

    At its most basic level, sustainable public procurement aims to ensure that government spending benefits a country both environmentally and socially. Read More
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    Prioritizing “No Significant Harm” over “Reasonable and Equitable” in Governance of Aquifers

    Prioritizing “No Significant Harm” over “Reasonable and Equitable” in Governance of Aquifers

    This commentary reflects on the governance of transboundary aquifers and suggests that the principle of “no significant harm” should ultimately... Read More

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    Strategic Large-Basin Management for Multiple Benefits: Submission to the Manitoba Clean Environment Commission

    Strategic Large-Basin Management for Multiple Benefits: Submission to the Manitoba Clean Environment Commission

    This paper was submitted to the Manitoba Clean Environment Commission (CEC) for consideration in its review of the regulation of Lake Winnipeg... Read More

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    IISD Water Gala Keynote Speech

    IISD Water Gala Keynote Speech

    On Thursday, February 19, 2015, the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) hosted a special event in Toronto on... Read More

  • Commentary
    IISD Commentary on the FAO–OECD Guidance for Responsible Agricultural Supply Chains

    IISD Commentary on the FAO–OECD Guidance for Responsible Agricultural Supply Chains

    This IISD commentary looks at the FAO–OECD Guidance for Responsible Agricultural Supply Chains.

    The FAO and OECD are drafting a guidance... Read More

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    Synthesis Report: China's Low-Carbon Readiness and Competitiveness 2015

    Synthesis Report: China's Low-Carbon Readiness and Competitiveness 2015

    China’s drive to develop a low-carbon, resource-efficient economy is a top priority of the government, placing pressure on the industrial... Read More

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    Implementing Greenhouse Gas Inventory Management Systems for Economic Zones in China

    Implementing Greenhouse Gas Inventory Management Systems for Economic Zones in China

    China is aggressively pursuing the development of low-carbon economic zones, and while there has been substantial work done to define targets... Read More

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    Policy Trends and Drivers of Low-Carbon Development in China’s Industrial Zones

    Policy Trends and Drivers of Low-Carbon Development in China’s Industrial Zones

    With China’s 2009 Copenhagen Accord commitment to reduce the greenhouse gas intensity of its economy by 40–45 per cent by 2020, the government... Read More

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