IISD In The News
IISD's research, experts and publications are regularly featured by press outlets and on multimedia platforms around the world.
The list below is a selection of recent mentions. Click Here for other media-related content.
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Atlas showing future climate change under development
Manitoba Cooperator - November 19, 2015 "The Prairie Climate Centre provides stakeholders in Manitoba and across the Prairies with this kind of upto-date and high-quality data depicting the nature of climate changes expected to occur, said Henry (Hank) Venema, director of planning for the centre, which will be housed at the University of Winnipeg’s Richardson...
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India provided $103 million per year in national subsidies to oil, gas and coal producers
Moneylife - November 18, 2015 "Investment by state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in fossil fuel production represented a large portion of overall government support, says a research study from IISD."
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Winnipeg's drinking water is vulnerable to zebra mussels, experts say
CBC Manitoba - November 18, 2015 IISD Experimental Lakes Area expert Scott Higgins talks about the potential for a zebra mussels infestation in Shoal Lake, Manitoba.
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Subsidized LPG consumption last fiscal grew at the highest pace in a decade: IISD
Business Standard - November 12, 2015 "India’s consumption of subsidized Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) grew at 18% last financial year, the highest annual growth rate recorded in the past decade, International Institute of Sustainable Development (IISD) has said. At the same time, consumption of unsubsidized LPG decreased by 19%, the largest decrease recorded in more than ten years."
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Manitoba, Ottawa, to talk GHG emissions prior to Paris climate-change conference
Winnipeg Sun - November 06, 2015 "“We’ve done a lot of consultation with the International Institute of Sustainable Development (on the issue). They did broad consultations. So as we go to Paris, we’ll be talking to the federal government about what we want to do together as a country,” said [Greg] Selinger."
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A Global Call To End Wasteful Consumption And Production
Huffington Post Canada - November 04, 2015 IISD's Livia Bizikova, along with Peter Denton, discuss the importance of the twelfth Sustainable Development Goal: Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns.
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Financing Green Infrastructure
Dukascopy - November 04, 2015 Oshani Perera speaks to Laura Penn of Dukascopy, explaining the challenges involved in commissioning and financing green infrastructure.
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Nordisk Ministerråd: Drop statsstøtte til fossile brændsler og spar CO2
Ingenioren - October 26, 2015 (Danish-language) "Udledningen af CO2 kan nedbringes med 11 procent, hvis man frem mod 2020 fjerner statsstøtten til fossile brændsler i 20 udvalgte lande. Det konkluderer en ny rapport fra Nordisk Ministerråd."
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Climate change lacks 'the immediacy of now' in conflict zones - experts
Thomson Reuters Foundation - October 23, 2015 "Fragile states are the most exposed to climate change impacts, even though they are the less equipped to deal with them, said [Alec] Crawford in a report he recently co-authored. Many fragile countries...
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Water security in Canada poses one of our most daunting public policy challenges
The Hill Times - October 23, 2015 "A national water strategy would send a message to the agricultural sector, First Nations communities, municipalities, energy companies and all those whose lives are touched by water, that not only do we take our water seriously, but that we officially recognize the need to work together to understand and manage this essential resource," says Read More