IISD entered into the fifth and final stage of the Local Agenda 21 project with three municipalities in Romania. The project is designed to help Romanian citizens and municipal staff improve the quality of life in their communities. See Measurement and Indicators highlights.

In cooperation with the Global Knowledge Partnership and TakingITGlobal, IISD established the Youth Creating Digital Opportunities Coalition. The group seeks to realize the potential of young people as leaders in using information and communications technologies to achieve more sustainable development. See Knowledge Communications highlights.

With Canada's ratification of the Kyoto Protocol, IISD's Climate Change and Energy Team has been participating actively in the implementation process. The institute's role in the climate change arena is growing internationally as well. See Climate Change and Energy highlights.

The five-year, multi-million dollar TERI-Canada Energy Efficiency Project is drawing to a successful close. Most of IISD's work in the past year focused on green budget reform. Working with our partners at The Energy and Resources Institute in India, many interesting developments took place. See Economic Policy highlights.

In partnership with the International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, IISD produced the Doha Round Briefing Series, a collection of 13 reviews of key issues in the current round of World Trade Organization negotiations. See Trade and Investment highlights.

IISD's Earth Negotiations Bulletin covered more than 30 United Nations meetings. See Reporting Services highlights.

There were roughly five million Web page requests for Linkages (http://www.iisd.ca) last year with traffic peaking during the World Summit on Sustainable Development. About 1.2 million copies of the Earth Negotiations Bulletin and 720,000 IISD research reports were downloaded.

The Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development — North America project drew to a close this past year. The MMSD-NA process involved about 150 people and brought the issue of sustainable development to the attention of an entire industry. See Natural Resources Management highlights.

The IISD Research Library online database now contains 20,000 documents and links on sustainable development. The library also handled about 1,000 requests for information and 400 interlibrary loans last year. The Weekly Journal Review, an electronic mailing list derived from 125 peer-reviewed journals on sustainable development, now has 1,700 subscribers.

The institute earned $8,331,750 in designated grant revenue, an eight per cent increase over last year. Click here for a breakdown by activity area.