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    Warsaw Climate Conference Side Events: Reaping Emissions Reductions from Fossil-Fuel Subsidy Reform

    Warsaw Climate Conference Side Events: Reaping Emissions Reductions from Fossil-Fuel Subsidy Reform

    This video investigates the links between fossil fuel subsidies, greenhouse gas emission reductions and the United Nations Framework Convention... Read More

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    GHG Emissions Reductions and Fossil-Fuel Subsidy Reform: Measurement and inclusion within INDCs

    GHG Emissions Reductions and Fossil-Fuel Subsidy Reform: Measurement and inclusion within INDCs

    This 4 ½-minute video covers the links between fossil fuel subsidies, climate change and greenhouse gas emission reductions.

    Speakers... Read More

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    Side-by-side Comparison of the Brazil-Mozambique and Brazil-Angola Cooperation and Investment Facilitation Agreements

    Side-by-side Comparison of the Brazil-Mozambique and Brazil-Angola Cooperation and Investment Facilitation Agreements

    Brazil has developed a new model investment agreement, the Cooperation and Investment Facilitation Agreement (CIFA). Unlike traditional bilateral investment treaties (BITs), which are geared towards investor protection, CIFAs focus less on investor protection and more on institutional arrangements and agendas for investment facilitation and cooperation.  Read More
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    G20 subsidies to oil, gas and coal production: Italy

    G20 subsidies to oil, gas and coal production: Italy

    Jointly prepared by IISD, OCI and ODI, this country study and accompanying data sheet compiles publicly available information on fossil fuel... Read More

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    G20 subsidies to oil, gas and coal production: Indonesia

    G20 subsidies to oil, gas and coal production: Indonesia

    Jointly prepared by IISD, OCI and ODI, this country study and accompanying data sheet compiles publicly available information on fossil fuel... Read More

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    G20 subsidies to oil, gas and coal production: France

    G20 subsidies to oil, gas and coal production: France

    Jointly prepared by IISD, OCI and ODI, this country study and accompanying data sheet compiles publicly available information on fossil fuel... Read More

  • Commentary
    The State and Fate of Tropical Rainforests

    The State and Fate of Tropical Rainforests

    IISD President-CEO pens a commentary review of Claude Martin’s latest book On the Edge: The State and Fate of the World’s Tropical Rainforests and discusses what the future may hold for our tropical rainforests. Read More
  • Paper
    Reshaping Efficiency: Discussing innovative financing models to drive energy efficiency in India

    Reshaping Efficiency: Discussing innovative financing models to drive energy efficiency in India

    This report discusses the current situation of the energy efficiency sector in India, delves into some of the causes hindering the development... Read More

  • Paper
    Climate Change and State Fragility in the Sahel

    Climate Change and State Fragility in the Sahel

    Temperatures in the Sahel have risen by nearly 1°C since 1970, at a rate nearly twice the global average. The region faces increasingly variable... Read More

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    Farmland Investments and Water Rights: The legal regimes at stake

    Farmland Investments and Water Rights: The legal regimes at stake

    The rise of foreign investment in farmland over the past decade is partly driven by a search for access to water resources.

    Land without... Read More