IISD Media Hits

As a leading authority and source of information on issues related to sustainable development, IISD's work is regularly featured in national and international news coverage.

IISD contributes to sustainable development by advancing policy recommendations in areas of international trade and investment, the environment, climate change, natural resources management, measurement and assessment and economic policy.

Highlights of some media reports about IISD and its members can be found on this page, with links to files or PDFs, where available. If you know of any media coverage we may have missed, please let us know.

2008

May 12, 2008 The Regina Leader-Post
Planting ideas to solve the food supply crisis
By David Runnalls, Special to The Leader-Post
Canada is not immune to the forces driving the world food crisis, nor can it afford to shirk its responsibilities at home and abroad.
May 8, 2008 First Perspective
Winnipeg organization to measure well-being of urban First Nations
By Joseph Quesnel
An international development organization is embarking on a project with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) to develop a framework of indicators to measure the well-being of Winnipeg's urban First Nations population.

"This is really about empowering the community and allowing them to move forward on their own issues," said Christa Rust, a project manager with the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
April 30, 2008 CBC Radio Manitoba
By Sheila North Wilson
IISD's Christa Rust is interviewed live on CBC Radio Manitoba about the project to develop a community indicators system for Winnipeg's Urban First Nations
April 28, 2008 The Drum
Group to develop culture-specific, holistic indicator system
By Joseph Quesnel
An international development organization is embarking on a project with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) to develop a framework of indicators to measure the well-being of Winnipeg's urban First Nations population.

"This is really about empowering the community and allowing them to move forward on their own issues," said Christa Rust, a project manager with the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). Institute wants to know why native employment figures remain stagnant
April 22, 2008 CBC Radio-Canada Saskatchewan
By Marjolaine Perron
IISD's Vivek Voora is interviewed on the impact of climate change on the Canadian Prairies.
April 17, 2008 RenewableEnergyWorld.com - Peterborough, New Hampshire
Full Cost Accounting of Energy
By Stephen Lacey
IISD's Stephan Barg discusses the value of ecological goods and services in a podcast interview.
April 17, 2008 The Land
Evidence against ethanol is clear: ALFA
Cattle lotfeeders have welcomed a new report that has recommended government support for the Australian biofuels industry be removed because the costs outweigh the benefits.

Australian Lot Feeders Association vice president, Jim Cudmore, says . . .Governments need to rethink their support for biofuels. . .

"Biofuels - at what cost?" by the International Institute of Sustainable Development found that Federal Government support for the biofuels industry was as much as $95 million in 2006-07.
April 7, 2008 CJOB Radio
IISD's Christa Rust talks about the project to develop a community indicators system for Winnipeg's Urban First Nations
Interview by Geoff Currier IISD's Christa Rust explains the important role the community plays in developing a community indicators system, as a followup to news about the launch of phase two of the project.
April 5, 2008 The Brandon Sun
Institute wants to know why native employment figures remain stagnant

The International Institute for Sustainable Development is working on a . . . study for the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs to find out what ails First Nations. . . The study was launched last fall.
April 5, 2008 Farmscape Article
Strategy Session Planned to Fight Hog Ban
Farmscape Staff

Manitoba's pork producers are demanding the provincial government accept the science and reverse its decision to impose permanent moratoriums on the development of new or expanded hog barns in three regions of the province.

. . .following the release of the Manitoba Clean Environment Commission's (CEC) report Manitoba Conservation announced plans to ban . . .

The CEC gathered relevant scientific research and commissioned work by a number of different organizations including . . . the International Institute for Sustainable Development and other consultants.

The article also ran April 7, 2008 on ThePigSite.com
March 12, 2008 Daily Champion (Lagos)
Nigeria: APC Advocates Gender Balance in IGF
By Remmy Nweke
As members of the Internet community warm up for the Internet Governance Forum (IGF) due to open soon in Hyderabad, the Association of Progressive Communications (APC) has advocated for a balanced gender participation in the affairs of IGF.

“We also support the proposal from the International Institute for Sustainable Development that sustainable development be included as a key theme," a part of the press statement read.
March 10, 2008 Globe and Mail
National carbon market faces opposition
By Shawn McCarthy, Global Energy Reporter; with files from reporter Richard Blackwell
As the federal government moves forward with plans to create a trading system for greenhouse gas emissions, significant hurdles remain to building a national market.

. . . (IISD's Dennis) Cunningham said he doesn't expect major Alberta polluters to participate in a national emissions trading scheme.
March 08, 2008 Toronto Star
China's green leap forward
By Peter Gorrie, Environment Reporter
China seems to have finally acknowledged that it is, indeed, a big industrial and financial player. At the recent United Nations conference on climate change, in Bali, it shifted from intransigent roadblock toward possible bridge.

The extent of the transformation became clearer this week at an Ottawa conference on the future of climate change action beyond 2012 (sponsored by IISD).
March 7, 2008 The Winnipeg Free Press
We put the pedal to the metal
By Larry Kusch
. . .Manitobans put more kilometres on their vehicles last summer than residents of any other province.
Dennis Cunningham, project officer with the climate change and energy team at Winnipeg's International Institute for Sustainable Development, said he finds the Manitoba figures troubling.

"Transportation is one of the growing areas of greenhouse gas emissions for the province," he said Thursday.
March 5, 2008 Dot Earth
Do the Media Fail to Give Climate its Due?
By Andrew C. Revkin
Can mainstream media effectively cover global warming? Does it matter?

The media took note as the Japanese environment minister cut the birthday cake for the Kyoto Protocol's 10-year anniversary during treaty talks in Bali last December. (Courtesy of IISD/ Earth Negotiations Bulletin)
March 4, 2008 (approx: 9:15 A.M.) CJOB Radio Winnipeg
Richard Cloutier Reports
IISD Associate Bryan Oborne discusses the role watersheds play in the health of Lake Winnipeg as part of a panel discussion on the release of a Manitoba Clean Environment Commission report: Environmental Sustainability and Hog Production in Manitoba.

Oborne's comments are available for replay in CJOB's audio vault. (Select March 4, 9 am. Advance to 15:00 for the beginning of the interview.)
February 25, 2008 Kennebec Journal
Corn can't save us: Debunking the biofuel myth
By David Pimentel
"Dwindling foreign oil, rising prices at the gas pump, and hype from politically well-connected U.S. agribusiness have combined to create a frenzied rush to convert food grains into ethanol fuel. The move is badly conceived and ill advised. Corporate spin and pork barrel legislation aside, here, by the numbers, are the scientific reasons why corn won't provide our energy needs . . .
"Also, the production of corn ethanol is highly subsidized: state and federal governments pay out more than $6 billion per year in subsidies, according to a 2006 report from the International Institute for Sustainable Development in Geneva, Switzerland. These subsidies for a gallon of ethanol are more than 60 times those for a gallon of gasoline."
February 18, 2008 The Boston Globe
The moderator-'Global citizen' Adil Najam has gone from sharing a Nobel Prize to starting a blog where Pakistanis can share views peacefully (PDF - 101 kb)
By Omar Sacirbey
"(Adil) Najam, 42, has emerged as a rising star in the international environmental movement, earning a share of the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore and other scientists on an international climate change council, while also becoming a go-to expert on the Muslim world for NPR, CNN, and other news outlets."
January 27, 2008 CBC Radio-Canada Descouvertes
Sciences de la terre et paléontologie - L'atmosphère
By Claude D'Astous
The program includes an interview with John Drexhage, IISD Director of Climate Change and Energy.
January 18, 2008 International Herald Tribune
States roll back subsidies for biofuels
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
Governments in Europe and elsewhere have begun rolling back generous, across-the-board subsidies for biofuels, acknowledging that the environmental benefits of these "green" fuels have often been exaggerated.

"A lot of countries are interested in doing this, but it’s really hard to do right," said Ronald Steenblik, research director of the Global Subsides Initiative in Geneva. "You can't look at a bottle of ethanol and tell how it's produced, whether it's sustainable. You have to know: Was the crop produced on farmland or on recently cleared forest? Did the manufacturer use energy from coal or nuclear?”
January 8, 2008 The Earth Times
Online Debate on Biofuels Launched "Subsidizing First-Generation Biofuels is Inefficient"
International Transport Forum
"The subject of biofuels needs an open discussion about their environmental and economic impacts. Billions of Euros for subsidies, rising food prices, use of land, fertilisers and water are all critical issues", said Jack Short, Secretary General of the International Transport Forum . . . ”

Questions for the debate concern volume-based targets for biofuels; . . .

Ron Steenblik, Director of Research at the International Institute for Sustainable Development in Geneva, was invited to find answers to these questions. From his point of view, volume targets are about "the most blunt instruments" that countries could have devised to promote biofuel use. He regards subsidizing of first-generation biofuels as "inefficient".

2007

December 23, 2007 Economic Times (India)
Local issues, cities find place in Bali climate adaptation agenda
By Mihir R Bhatt
Climate is global. Cities are local. And the emerging climate change adaptation agenda from Bali has started to bridge the gap. For the first time at Bali, COP 13, adaptation has moved from the margins to the centre of discussions and cities have found their due place on the adaptation agenda.

This has mainly been due to the evidence-based coordinated policy work of the International Institute of Environment and Development, UK; Stockholm Environment Institute, Sweden; and International Institute for Sustainable Development, UK.
Dec 16 2007 The Winnipeg Free Press/CanWest News Service
Deal on climate salvaged UN summit agrees after hard targets taken out of proposal
By Mike De Souza
NUSA DUA, Indonesia -- The Harper government and the Bush administration caved in to international pressure at the United Nations climate change summit on Saturday, accepting the "Bali roadmap" towards a new comprehensive agreement to stop human activity from causing irreversible damage to the Earth's atmosphere and ecosystems.

The concession also meant that he had failed to achieve his main objective of getting binding commitments for major emerging economies such as China and India to reduce their emissions in absolute terms.

Still, John Drexhage, climate change director with the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development, said in a telephone interview from Bali that getting the United States, China and India on the same side "is a big breakthrough".
December 15, 2007 CTV News
UN climate conference sets deadline for new pact
By CTV.ca News Staff
The United Nations climate conference in Bali, Indonesia ended with a compromise deal to move forward on negotiating a successor to the Kyoto Protocol.

"I think it's a huge achievement, and now we can go on for the next two years with all major economies involved in the discussion on how we can reduce emissions," John Drexhage of the International Institute for Sustainable Development told CTV Newsnet from Bali on Saturday.
December 12, 2007 Toronto Star
Hopes dim for Bali breakthrough
By Peter Gorrie
"Observers were detecting a 'shift' in the tone of some negotiating groups," states the authoritative Earth News Bulletin, compiled by the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development. "Informal discussions on the critical post-2012 process were ... viewed by some as less positive."
December 10, 2007 CanWest News Service
Canadian a leader in climate change
By Mike De Souza
"The fact that he's Canadian is really quite important because Canada and Canadians over the last 20 years have made huge contributions—scientifically, financially, and intellectually—to the work of the IPCC and Jim Bruce is one of those." Jim Bruce is a former IISD board member."
December 10, 2007 CBC Radio
The Current
Anna Maria Tremonti
Interviewing IIDS's David Runnalls regarding Canada's role in the COP 13 negotiations in Bali.
December 8, 2007 The Toronto Star
The Blog: The view from Bali
By May Jeong and Toby Heaps
Mr. Runnalls characterized the Kyoto Protocol as "principally an investment agreement" that involves fundamentally changing our energy system, adding, "a failure to address climate change would constitute a failure of the multilateral trading system."
December 8, 2007 Winnipeg Free Press
City groups hope to be heard at summit (PDF - 15 kb)
By Lindsey Wiebe
The IISD, which has offices worldwide, is focused on getting developing countries to agree to binding emissions targets, and to develop a better understanding of Canada's position on climate change.
December 7, 2007 Globe and Mail
With commodity prices on fire, it's time to wean farmers off freebies
By Eric Reguly
The International Institute for Sustainable Development's Global Subsidies Initiative says agricultural commodity prices are on fire. Between 2005 and 2007, maize prices jumped 64 per cent, while wheat climbed 43 per cent. Palm oil rose 64 per cent, and rapeseed oil 23 per cent.
December 03, 2007 CBC Radio
COP 13 in Bali
Dennis Cunningham spoke with regional reporters from Cornerbrook to Yellowknife to Victoria about the upcoming climate change discussions in Bali during the Conference of the Parties 13.
December 03, 2007 Boulder and County News
Boulder blogger in Bali
By Vanessa Miller
For the first time in its history, the United Nations Climate Change Conference will be documented on Internet blogs — and the woman who paved the way hails from Boulder. Alexia Parks, president of Boulder-based Votelink.com, was approved last week to cover the nearly two-week conference, which starts today in Bali.
December 02, 2007, The Toronto Star
Climate change critics fear Canada's influence
By Peter Gorrie
The main sticking point remains: Should the likes of China, India, Brazil and Indonesia—large and ballooning sources of greenhouse gas emissions that were exempted as "developing" countries from Kyoto's first phase—be required to accept compulsory pollution limits? The exemption was negotiated at the first conference, held in Berlin in 1995. Without it, there would be no Kyoto Protocol two years later. Whether it should now be abandoned "is where the fault line lies," says John Drexhage of IISD, a veteran observer of climate talks.
November 16, 2007 Zimbabwe Independent
Zimbabwe: Zim admits breach of law against Dutch farmers
By Augustine Mukaro
"In a rather unusual turn of events, Zimbabwe did not raise objections to the tribunal's jurisdiction, thus ensuring that written and oral arguments on the merits would proceed forthwith," said the International Institute for Sustainable Development newsletter, Investment Treaty News (ITN), dated October 30.
November 15, 2007 Special to The Globe and Mail
New addition to C-suite reflects importance of green concerns
By Peter Kennedy
David Runnalls, president of the International Institute for Sustainable Development in Winnipeg, says Vancity and Loblaws are considered leaders in the environmental sustainability field.
November 15, 2007 The Christian Science Monitor
The politics of ethanol outshine its costs
By Mark Clayton
Already, the federal government pays 51 cents to oil companies for every gallon of ethanol they blend into gasoline at a cost of about $6 billion annually, according to a new study by Earth Track, a Boston-based energy-consulting firm. That cost will rise to $14 billion by 2014 under current law, the study says. With the new RFS, those costs would leap tens of billions per year above these levels.
November 15, 2007 Inter Press Service (IPS)
Environment: Turning a Blind Eye – O Canada!
By Stephen Leahy
Canada has done virtually nothing in the past 15 years and all ecological indicators have declined, said David Runnalls, president of the International Institute for Sustainable Development in Winnipeg, Canada, and who has a 30-year history with various governmental and non-governmental institutions around the world, including UNEP and the World Conservation Union.
November 15, 2007 Forbes
Farm paid
By Paul Maidment
A new report from the International Institute for Sustainable Development, a pro-free trade group based in Geneva, makes a case that the American taxpayer is paying more in subsidies to produce each and every gallon of corn-based ethanol than it would cost to buy oil that produced the equivalent amount of energy. That's just nuts.
November 5, 2007 Eco Week Newsletter (PDF - 155 kb)
By Business Information Group
Sustainable development remains a moving target for decision-makers, an embedded concept for the public (page 5 heading)
Canada has done better in theory than practice in making SD a practical reality, according to Jim MacNeill, who served as the Brundtland Commission's secretary general and was lead author of Our Common Future.
October 30, 2007 Financial Times
Biofuels: A tale of special interests and subsidies
By Martin Wolf
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Someone needed to take a close look at the rationality of all these supports. An excellent report from the Global Subsidies Initiative of the International Institute for Sustainable Development does just that. It does not tell a pretty story.
October 30, 2007 New West Politics
Harnessing ag's energizer bunny
By Kisha Lewellyn Schlegel
The International Institute for Sustainable Development found that ethanol subsidies amount to as much as $1.38 per gallon—about half of ethanol's market price.
October 29, 2007 DTN Ethanol Newsletter
U.S. biofuel subsidies too much (PDF - 20 kb)
By Todd Neeley
A Global Subsidies Initiative report suggests that the U.S. back off biofuel subsidies and examine other ways to boost the industry.
October 26, 2007
Canadian media coverage of the GEO-4 release (PDF - 64 kb)
October 24, 2007 Winnipeg Free Press
New report to probe urban aboriginal challenges (PDF - 14 kb)
By Joe Paraskevas
Countless experts have looked at the challenges aboriginals face, said David Runnalls, president of the International Institute for Sustainable Development. And yet, the message hasn't appeared to reach decision-makers, he added.
October 24, 2007 Winnipeg Sun
Aboriginal conditions examined
By Rob Nay
The study aims to bring together the range of indicators into a "meaningful package" that's easy to understand, said (IISD president David) Runnalls. One of its goals is to supply information to help improve the quality of life for all First Nations people in Manitoba, said Evans.
October 24, 2007 The Canadian Press
New study aims to examine the conditions of Winnipeg's aboriginal population (PDF - 14 kb)
The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs and the International Institute for Sustainable Development announced the creation Tuesday of a "sustainability indicator system."
October 23, 2007 CBC News
Winnipeg's urban aboriginal community goes under microscope
An international group that usually works with the World Bank and the United Nations has teamed up with First Nations leaders in Manitoba for a study on the urban life of aboriginal people.
October 23, 2007 Grain Journal
New International Institute for Sustainable Development study expects U.S. biofuels subsidies to reach $92 billion between 2006-2012 (PDF - 16 kb)
Under existing government policies, U.S. biofuel subsidies are expected to collectively reach $92 billion between 2006&ndash2012, according to an updated report released on Oct. 23 from an arm of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
October 21, 2007 Brandon Sun
Environmental turn-around still thought possible (PDF - 21 kb)
By Zach Gross
"An institute like ours needs to demonstrate how high policy principles manifest in real practical examples," says Henry Venema, Director of IISD's Sustainable Natural Resources Management unit.
October 20, 2007 Inter Press Services (IPS)
Environment: Biofuels – Great Green Hope or Swindle
By Stephen Leahy
"Fuel made from food is a dumb idea to put it succinctly," says Ronald Steenblik, research director at the International Institute for Sustainable Development's Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) in Geneva, Switzerland.
October 10, 2007 Nature: International Weekly Journal of Science
Kill king corn
As far as the greenhouse goes, figures from the International Institute for Sustainable Development's Global Subsidies Initiative put the cost of averting carbon dioxide emissions by using corn-based ethanol at more than $500 a tonne of carbon dioxide.
October 6, 2007 Winnipeg Free Press
Biofuel bonanza starting to run out of 'green' gas
By Laura Rance (PDF - 16 kb)
Whether this makes sense is still up for debate, but the people who study these things generally agree, although there are some dissenters, that ethanol from corn produces more energy than it consumes.
October 4, 2007 Inter Press Services (IPS)
Energy: Report challenges EU subsidies for biofuels
By David Cronin
In some parts of America, he said, subsidies account for $2.40 dollars of the price of a three-dollar gallon of biodiesel. "There is a potentially distorting effect of biofuels wrongly applied in the wrong place and the wrong time," said Runnalls. "We are not opposed to subsidies. What we are opposed to is governments spending them in an ill-advised fashion."
September 28, 2007 carbonpositive.net
OECD biofuel paper stirs controversy
Controversy continues over a report published by the OECD critical of biofuels, or ethanol and biodiesel, and calling for a scrapping of biofuel targets as a means of restraining greenhouse gas emissions in transport.
September 24, 2007 Winnipeg Free Press
International Institute for Sustainable Development has received an international award for its Earth Negotiations Bulletin for raising awareness of ozone depletion and the Montreal Protocol. The Bulletin provides daily information from multilateral negotiations on environment and sustainable development throughout the world. The award was presented to the Bulletin's William McPherson at the 20th anniversary of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer on Sept. 16.
September 23, 2007 Winnipeg Free Press
Put Ecosystem to work
By Hank Venema
"…fully two-thirds of the phosphorus generated within Manitoba comes from agricultural watersheds -- about half of this is from human activities, and about half from natural sources. Better managed, these same watersheds can be a big part of the solution by providing ecosystem services like filtering and removing algae-causing nutrients."
September 12, 2007 LCI
Les biocarburants, danger pour l'environnement?
Souvent présentés, sinon comme la panacée, du moins comme une solution viable en matière "d'énergie verte", les biocarburants ne sont peut-être pas si bons que ça pour l'environnement...
September 12, 2007 Le Monde
Un rapport de l'OCDE souligne les risques des agrocarburants
Par Alain Faujus
Dans un rapport discute le 11 septembre a l'occasion d'une table ronde sur le developpement durable, Rishard Doornbosch et Ronald Steenblik, supervises par Brice Lalonde, ancient minister francaise de l'environnement, se demandent si le remede n'est pas pire que le mal.
September 12, 2007 La Tribune
Les subventions sur les agrocarburants a l'index
By Lysiane J. Baudu
Les agrocarburants ne seraient-ils qu'une fausse bonne idée?
September 12, 2007 Neue Zucher Zeitung
Ungunstige Bilanzen fur Biotreibstoffe
Die an Treibstoffe aus Biomasse gerichteten Erwartungen ais umweltfreundliche, versorgungssichere Energie sind zu hoch angesetzt, wie eine Studie der OECD aufzeigt.
September 12, 2007 De Standard
Oeso versus biobrandstoffen
'De belastingbetalers zullen dit niet blijven betalen' energie
September 12, 2007 Il Giornale
I biocarburanti fanno male all'ambiente
September 11, 2007 Dow Jones Newswires
OECD Report to warn against biofuels subsidies
Nations have to reject subsidies for biofuels, as the current rush to bolster alternative energy sources will lead to higher food prices and possibly destroy natural habitats, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development will say Tuesday, according to a report on Financial Times' Web site.
September 11, 2007 Il Sole 24 Ore
Anche l'Ocse contro I biocarburanti: dannosi per l'economia e per l'ambiente
September 11, 2007 EurActiv.com
L'OCDE freine la course de l'UE aux biocarburants
Even in the 'best-case scenario,' biofuels will only be able to achieve a 3 per cent reduction in energy-related CO2 emissions by 2050, thus failing to reduce petroleum fuel consumption, states a new report by the OECD.
September 11, 2007 The Financial Times
OECD warns against biofuels subsidies
By Andrew Bounds
"The current push to expand the use of biofuels is creating unsustainable tensions that will disrupt markets without generating significant environmental benefits," say the authors of the study, a copy of which has been obtained by the Financial Times.
September 11, 2007 Challenges
L'OCDE epingle les biocarburants
Dans un rapport publie mardi 11 septembre, l'Organisation pour la cooperation et le developpement economiques (OCDE) met en garde les gouvernements sur les limites des biocarburants.
September 11, 2007 Reuters
Biofuels offer cure worse than the disease
By Sybille de La Hamaide
In a report on the impact of biofuels, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said biofuels may "offer a cure that is worse than the disease they seek to heal."
September 6, 2007 European Voice
MEP calls for binding biofuel standards
By Emily Smith
The MEP responsible for guiding a fuel quality proposal through Parliament has said that legally binding standards must be added to the directive to prevent investment in environmentally harmful biofuels.
September 1, 2007 Earthtimes.org
Bush's ethanol dreams make corn a hot commodity
The U.S. should trash its silly policy. If it stopped taxing good ethanol and subsidizing bad ethanol, the former would flourish, the latter would wither, the world would be greener and the U.S. taxpayer would be richer.
August 29, 2007 Embassy
Turning the 'Clean Energy' Superpower into Reality
By John Drexhage
The solution? There is no easy one, I'm afraid, but clearly the first place to start in North America is energy efficiency, lessening the demand for fossil fuels to drive our cars, and to heat and cool our homes.
August 23, 2007 Winnipeg Free Press
Manitoba in emissions pact (PDF - 15 kb)
Two provinces, six states agree on 2020 target
By Mia Rabson
Manitoba is among two provinces and six U.S. states that agreed Wednesday to collectively cut greenhouse gas emissions to 15 per cent below 2005 levels by 2020. Can we meet this new goal?
Jo-Ellen Parry, manager of the climate change and energy program at the International Institute for Sustainable Development, said it's a realistic goal that Manitoba should be able to meet.
August 15, 2007 Metrotimes Detroit
Corn hole – Opposition to ethanol growing
By Curt Guyette
All that comes at a cost to you, both as a taxpayer and a consumer. On the tax side, ethanol is supported by significant subsidies that include a 51-cents-per-gallon tax allowance for refiners. If all the corn and ethanol subsidies are added up, contends the International Institute for Sustainable Development, taxpayer support is almost $1.40 per gallon.
August 13, 2007 The East African
The time to get rid of 'perverse subsidies' is now
By Norman Myers
Hence the rationale for projects like the recently-founded Global Subsidies Initiative in Geneva, a programme of the International Institute for Sustainable Development that puts the spotlight on perverse subsidies and their harm.
August 8, 2007 Winnipeg Free Press
Iraqi officials drop in to learn: In Canada to sharpen their diplomacy skills (PDF - 14 kb)
By Michelle Melanson
Morooj Nory is a long way from home, but the sparkle in her eyes shows she wouldn't want to be anywhere else. The 30-year-old woman… is one of 14 Iraqi diplomats taking part in a training program in Canada aimed at sharpening diplomacy skills.… Their first stop in the city was at the International Institute for Sustainable Development for a presentation on climate change.
July 24, 2007 Rolling Stone
Ethanol scam: Ethanol hurts the environment and is one of America's biggest political boondoggles
By Jeff Goodell
Ethanol itself is propped up by hefty subsidies, including a fifty-one-cent-per-gallon tax allowance for refiners. And a study by the International Institute for Sustainable Development found that ethanol subsidies amount to as much as $1.38 per gallon — about half of ethanol's wholesale market price.
July 22, 2007 Winnipeg Free Press (Article reprinted with permission)
Paying for our eco-sins (PDF - 103 kb)
By Lindsey Wiebe
Marlene Roy works at the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), one of the only companies in the city that offsets all plane travel for its employees. She said in a bid for carbon neutrality, the first goal of the IISD is cutting back on activities that produce greenhouse gases.
June 26, 2007 Otago Daily Times New Zealand
Warning over global warming (PDF - 76 kb)
By John Gibb
Crying wolf by overemphasizing worst-case scenarios of global warming could be counterproductive, a Geneva-based official, Oli Brown, warns.
June 25, 2007 Environmental Finance
The beginnings of a plan (PDF - 1.1 mb)
John Drexhage casts a critical eye over Canada's long-awaited climate plan.
June 17, 2007 Chicago Sun-Times
Educator's not done yet
By Kate Grossman
Profile of Stephanie Pace Marshall, President of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy with comments from IISD associate Terri Willard.
July 15, 2007 Des Moines Register
Biofuels tax abatements mean lost revenue
By Paula Lavigne
Consultants will go from town to town saying, "We have a client interested in an investment, but also considering the tax situation, benefits and so forth. What can you do?" Steenblik said. "Maybe they've already decided to go to this town, but they'll still play this game. ... They don't need to do this, but everybody does it, and it's hard for everybody to quit."
June 15, 2007 Scitizen.com
Future Energies
By Ron Steenblik
IISD's Director of Research for the Global Subsidies Initiative answers questions about biofuels, subsidies and food.
June 12, 2007 Winnipeg Free Press
City's water supply a worry (PDF - 12 kb)
Climate change means more droughts, experts say
By Bartley Kives
Just because the region is currently wetter than the Canadian Prairies does not mean it is immune from future droughts, said Hank Venema, natural resources director for the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development.

"There are no guarantees Lake of the Woods won't be affected by climate change. And there are no guarantees that Winnipeg won't experience water difficulties," Venema said in an interview last week.
June 8, 2007 The Boston Globe
Climate change conversion
By Adil Najam
President Bush claims that his sudden and dramatic about-face on climate change is motivated by the emergence of new scientific findings. I would like to believe that it is so. However, I suspect that things are not as simple as that.
June 7, 2007 Nature Reports Climate Change
Post-Kyoto pact: shaping the successor
By Amanda Leigh Haag
The China of 1997, when the Kyoto treaty was first established, and the China of 2007 are two entirely different worlds, Drexhage notes. "When it comes to competitiveness, particularly in resource-based industries and manufacturing, they're every bit as much our peer, and in some cases very much superior than was the case before," Drexhage says. Unless it is apparent that China is ratcheting down its greenhouse-gas emissions substantially, what will result is an "incredibly massive and gross leakage to developing countries on dirty and energy-intensive industries that gets us absolutely nowhere".
June 7, 2007 Nature Reports Climate Change
Post-Kyoto Pact: shaping the successor
By Amanda Leigh Haag
And economically, countries like China and India have no incentive to take on emissions targets if their biggest trade competitor — the US — is not leading the way. "It's absolutely critical, if you're going to get any interest from major developing countries, for them to see that things can happen on the ground here, and that it's not hurting the economy," says John Drexhage, director of climate change and energy programs at the International Institute for Sustainable Development in Ontario, Canada.
June 7, 2007 Winnipeg Free Press
Approach casinos with caution (PDF - 11 kb)
Perils seen for aboriginal communities
By Selena Hinds
Photo caption: Mark Anielski told conference there is no 'accountability framework' for gambling.
May 27, 2007 Daily Star Egypt
The World Bank after Wolfowitz
By Dr. Adil Najam
Paul Wolfowitz – former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense, one of the most influential neoconservatives of President George W. Bush's administration and a key architect of the Iraq war – has been forced to resign in disgrace from his current post as President of the World Bank.
May 6, 2007 USA Today
Fixing climate carries big costs
By Dan Vergano
The report will underline the environmental and financial benefits of quick action to cut emissions, says report co-author John Drexhage of Canada's International Institute for Sustainable Development.
May 5, 2007 The Boston Globe
UN panel urges greenhouse gas reductions now
By Beth Daley
"The time for making excuses is over. . . . The time to act is now," Adil Najam, a lead author of the report and associate professor at Tufts University's Fletcher School, said by e-mail from Bangkok, where the report was released. "We can do something about climate change. We now have the technologies and enough known policy measures that we know work."
May 4, 2007 International Herald Tribune
Push could curb global warming, study finds
By Seth Mydans and Andrew C. Revkin
"We can no longer make the excuse that we need to wait for more science or the excuse that we need to wait for more technologies and policy knowledge," said Adil Najam, an author of one chapter and an associate professor of international negotiation at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University near Boston.
May 4, 2007 New York Times
Climate Panel Reaches Consensus on the Need to Reduce Harmful Emissions
By Andrew C. Revkin
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, top body studying climate change, concludes that world must divert substantially from current main energy sources within few decades to limit centuries of rising temperatures and seas driven by buildup of heat-trapping emissions in air; final report says prompt slowing of emissions could set stage later in century for stabilization of concentration of carbon dioxide; concludes that progress toward that goal could be made in next 25 years with known technologies and policy shifts. (IISD Associate in Trade & Investment) Adil Najam cited.
May 4, 2007 CBC Newsworld
Interviewed John Drexhage about the release of the IPCC Working Group III Report on Mitigation.
May 4, 2007 CTV Newsnet
Interviewed John Drexhage about the release of the IPCC Working Group III Report on Mitigation.
May 4, 2007 CBC Radio "The Current"
Anna Maria Tremonti interviewed John Drexhage about the release of the IPCC Working Group III Report on Mitigation.
May 4, 2007 CBC News
Fighting global warming won't ruin economy, climate panel says
(IISD's John) Drexhage said now that the scientists have spoken it's time for the politicians to establish the regulatory framework needed to make these goals achievable.
April 18, 2007 Embassy
From 'Greed is Good' to 'Green is good'
By Dan Gagnier (IISD Board Chair)
Corporate social responsibility (CSR) has evolved over the past three decades into an established, integral part of a global business operation. While largely unheard of in the "greed is good" era of the 1980s, corporate social responsibility is now an important part of the "green is good" new millennium.
April 11, 2007 Daily News and Analysis India
Scientists unhappy with changes in climate report
By Rajesh Sinha
The detailed 5-day negotiations reported in a bulletin of International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) revealed the tussle that occurred at the meet. Delegates removed parts of a key chart highlighting devastating effects of climate change that kick in with every rise of 1.8 degrees, and in a tussle over the level of scientific reliability attached to key statements.
April 6, 2007 Inter Press Service News Agency
Climate Change: The Challenge of the Century?
By Stephen Leahy
"This (climate change) is a core equity issue that must be addressed in the international negotiations," said John Drexhage, director of climate change and energy at the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
April 5, 2007 Winnipeg Free Press
Province will be the first to go legally green (PDF - 16 kb)
By Mia Rabson
David Runnalls, president of the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development, said as a whole he thinks the Doer government is truly committed to addressing climate change.
April 4, 2007 The Economist
Castro was right (PDF - 20 kb)
As a green fuel, ethanol is a good idea, but the sort that America produces is bad. … But corn-based ethanol, the sort produced in America, is neither cheap nor green. It requires almost as much energy to produce (more, say some studies) as it releases when it is burned. And the subsidies on it cost taxpayers, according to the International Institute for Sustainable Development, somewhere between $5.5 billion and $7.3 billion a year.
April 4, 2007 USA Today
Is Earth near its 'tipping points' from global warming?
By Dan Vergano and Patrick O'Driscoll
The biggest tipping point already may have happened, says John Drexhage of Canada's International Institute for Sustainable Development: Talk of global warming has become routine and accepted for all politicians, not just Al Gore.
March 22, 2007 USA Today
NOAA to track buildup of gases
By Dan Vergano
"If (NOAA) can do this, the effects would be remarkable," says John Drexhage of Canada's International Institute for Sustainable Development. "NOAA tracking emissions would go a long way toward depoliticizing emissions and help level the playing field in accounting for carbon dioxide in the atmosphere."
March 21, 2007 Globe and Mail
Emissions trading: Like foreign aid, but better
By Stewart Elgie and Dan Gagnier
So we know emissions trading can work. In fact, on a global scale, it works a lot like international development aid — only better. Each year, Canada spends billions helping poor countries improve their environmental, health, and socioeconomic conditions. Global emissions trading is simply another form of development aid. In fact, it is some of the most effective aid we can give, because it helps poor countries develop in climate-friendly ways.
March 21, 2007 Gristmill
Alice in ethanol-land
By Ron Steenblik
Former Senator John Edwards (D-N.C.) – now a presidential hopeful – has just published his latest energy plan. One important plank of that plan foresees the nation producing (not just consuming, which would allow for imports) 65 billion gallons a year of ethanol by 2025. ("I'll meet your bid for 2030, Barack, and raise it by five billion!")
March 14, 2007 Globe and Mail
Subsidizing biofuels backfires (PDF - 17 kb)
David Runnalls
Many of these subsidies are being piled on top of one another without policy-makers having a clear idea of their potential impact on the environment and the economy.
March 14, 2007 Biopact
World Bank chief calls on U.S. to remove ethanol tariffs
According to a recent analysis by the Global Subsidies Initiative, American biofuel producers are supported by billions of subsidies each year and by a US$0.54 per gallon tariff.
March 9, 2007 The Financial Times
Italian groups challenge Pretoria over BEE (PDF - 16 kb)
By Luke Peterson
Three Italian mining companies have filed an international arbitration case against South Africa, saying the Pretoria government's positive racial discrimination laws violate investment treaties with other countries.
March 6, 2007 Farmscape
Manitoba CEC kicks public environmental review of Manitoba hog industry
By Bruce Cochrane
The Manitoba Clean Environment Commission has kicked off an eight week series of public review hearings to gather information for its review of the environmental sustainability of hog production within Manitoba.
March 5, 2007 CBC News
Top CEOs announce task force on climate change
By John Ward
D'Aquino said his group will also enlist an advisory group of experts, including:… David Runnalls, president of the International Institute for Sustainable Development; and Dan Gagnier, chair of the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
March 3, 2007 South China Morning Post, Hong Kong
Trains of thought (PDF - 23 kb)
By Peter Kammerer
Internationally, only between 10 and 15 per cent of the world's biggest corporations were seriously involved, estimated the president of the Canada-based International Institute for Sustainable Development, David Runnalls.
March 2, 2007 Edmonton Journal
Emitters count on carbon credits
By Gordon Jaremko
When it comes to cutting emissions that affect the entire planet's atmosphere "a tonne is a tonne" regardless of who makes reductions or where they occur, said John Drexhage, director at the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
February 25, 2007 IndyStar.com
Wishful thinking is no magical energy elixir
By Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren
A study from the International Institute for Sustainable Development last fall found that ethanol subsidies amount to $1.05 to $1.38 per gallon, or 42 to 55 percent of ethanol's wholesale market price.
February 22, 2007 Uptown
Erase your industrial footprints
By Marlo Campbell
Marlene Roy works in research and learning resources at the Winnipeg office of the IISD. She says the organization, which has been carbon neutral for five years now, uses a carbon broker who, just like a stockbroker, connects them to offsetting sources.
February 17, 2007 CBC Radio "The House"
Kathleen Petty interviews David Runnalls and David Keith to discuss the impact of Liberal MP Pablo Rodriguez's "Kyoto bill" after it passed in the Commons. The interview is available for download from CBC's website. Note: you will need to be able to access Realplayer in order to listen in on CBC audio.
February 15, 2007 CTV Newsnet
CTV Newsnet conducted a live TV interview with David Runnalls about the Liberal "Kyoto Bill".
February 15, 2007 MiningMX.com
(South African) Government faces first expropriation suit
By Brendan Ryan
According to the Investment Treaty News (ITN) newsletter, published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development, the investors allege South Africa's new black economic empowerment regime "violates the terms of investment protection treaties concluded by South Africa with Italy and Luxembourg".

Note: this story was also carried by Business Day
February 15, 2007 Toronto Star
Kyoto program 'gutted' by Tories: Key office that invests in green projects in developing countries down to two staff
By Allan Woods
"When it comes to climate change and greenhouse gas emissions, not only do the emissions not have borders, neither do the emissions reductions," (John Drexhage) said. "From a global environmental perspective, a tonne of CO2 reduced here is the same as a tonne of CO2 reduced in Brazil or anywhere else."
February 14, 2007 Toronto Star
Federal green vehicle plan expected today
By Allan Woods
At a committee hearing yesterday examining the federal Clean Air Act, the government was counseled not to make up for several years of federal inaction by implementing stringent emissions reduction targets. Rather, the government should set targets that are supported by a "comprehensive plan" addressing all sectors of the economy that emit greenhouse gases, said John Drexhage, climate change and energy director for the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
January 10, 2007 Edmonton CJSR News - Terra Informa
Trade and the Environment
Produced by Scott McAnsh
Scott interviews Howie Mann from IISD about trade liberalization and its effects on the environment. To listen click on download under the tape recorder icon. Then advance the player bar on the Windows Media Player to 9:00 minutes. That is the start of the show. Howie is the second speaker.
January 2, 2007 Z Magazine Online
The New Energy Debates
By Brian Tokar
One new study commissioned by the International Institute for Sustainable Development reports, with no intended irony, that current U.S. biofuel subsidies could purchase 30-140 times as much savings in greenhouse gas emissions if invested in existing "carbon markets."

2006

December 27, 2006 VOA News
By Phuong Tran
Experts ask 'What now?' for Desertification
Pam Chasek, an editor for the Canadian non-profit International Institute for Sustainable Development, said, "The desertification convention has been hampered by the fact that you have got various different ministries responsible for different issues that all affect desertification."

"It is hard to break down those barriers between them, to realize that gosh, if you address some of these environmental issues, it will have an impact on development and vice versa," she added.
December 27, 2006 CBC TV Winnipeg News
With Gosia Sawicka
Extreme weather related to global warming?
In a CBC TV report IISD Board member, Dr. Gord McBean, commented that the rash of extreme weather seen over the past year in Canada over 2006 is consistent with the predictions made by climatologists about the effects of global warming on the planet.
December 21, 2006 Winnipeg Free Press by Dennis Bueckert
Tories tag $345M for biofuels: Just a subsidy for farmers, critics charge The environmental benefits of this program are going to be negligible," Dave Martin of Greenpeace said. "We're looking at no more than a half of one per cent reduction in total (greenhouse) emissions. If we were honest, this is more of an agricultural subsidy than a meaningful climate-change program."
December 6, 2006 The Grist Magazine
Give Green, Go Yellow: How cash and corporate pressure pushed ethanol to the fore
By Tom Philpott
In a landmark study this year for the Geneva-based International Institute for Sustainable Development, researcher Doug Koplow attempted to come to terms with the situation. Here's how he described the "major challenge" of quantifying the value of government support for ethanol and other biofuel: "Virtually every production input and production stage of ethanol and biodiesel is subsidized somewhere in the country; in many locations, producers can tap into multiple subsidies at once."
December 4, 2006 Toronto Star
Mixed Reviews for Dion on Green Agenda
By Richard Brennan
"He really does understand this stuff," said David Runnells (sic), president of the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development.

"I think he does understand the relationship between the economy and the environment. If you do it properly, they can mutually co-exist," Runnells said.

"Environmental protection can create jobs.

"If you do things right, you can have the best of both worlds," Runnells added.
December 4, 2006 The Star Press
Billions subsidize ethanol industry
By Seth Slabaugh
Koplow's study questions whether billions of dollars in government support for the ethanol industry is the best way to achieve the goals of reduced dependence on foreign oil, reduced greenhouse gas emissions and rural development.
He is convinced that the extremely high returns on equity investments into ethanol plants are coming to an end.

"This is simply unsustainable, and likely reflects a mix of reasonable corn prices, historically high gasoline prices, and very generous state and federal subsidies," Koplow said.
December 4, 2006 The Grist: Environmental News and Commentary
Going, Going, Ron
By Ron Steenblik, sustainability advocate and subsidies scholar, answers questions
By Grist Editors
Which actor would play you in the story of your life?

Definitely a comic actor, like John Cleese.
November 26, 2006 The Star Press
Rapid ethanol expansion questioned
An expert from Purdue and one from Massachusetts say the ethanol industry might be headed for a bust.
By Seth Slabaugh
MUNCIE -- The proposed construction of nine ethanol plants in East Central Indiana is happening at a time when the rapidly growing ethanol industry might be headed into a bust period, some experts suggest.
"I'm not against ethanol by any means, but it can't continue to grow like this," says Christopher Hurt, an agricultural economist at Purdue University. "It's going to hit constraints, one of which is the availability of corn."

In a report prepared last month for the International Institute for Sustainable Development, energy analyst Doug Koplow of Cambridge, Mass., questioned "the vast array of public support at all levels of government being showered on" the ethanol industry.

If gasoline prices fall or the cost of ethanol production rises (for example, if corn prices spike), ethanol becomes less competitive and the industry will look for ways to avoid using ethanol, Koplow said.

"If too much of this goes on, the plants would lose money or eventually go out of business," he said. "There could also be other forms of over-shooting, like if Iowa begins trying to import corn feedstocks for all of its new plants, yet the states it had assumed would have surplus corn are using them for their own ethanol production."
November 24, 2006 Epoch Times
Progress Made at U.N. Climate Change Conference
By Omid Ghoreishi
Despite a reluctance on the part of some countries to implement or step up emissions cuts, the United Nations Climate Change conference in Nairobi concluded last Friday on a positive note, with agreements reached to proceed toward greater emissions cuts.
John Drexhage, Director of Climate Change and Energy Program at the International Institute for Sustainable Development, says developing nations' reluctance to act, while not surprising is "a bit distressing."

"Part of the problem is the fact that we haven't seen very strong leadership on the part of industrialized countries in actually meeting their targets, to show that they are in fact on track in meeting their commitments," says Drexhage.
November 24 2006 Winnipeg Free Press
Mayor's green advisory panel back at work
By Mary Agnes Welch
AFTER a year of delays and confusion, the mayor's new advisory committee on the environment meets for the first time next week, but members still aren't sure exactly what they're supposed to be doing.
Terri Willard, a consultant with the International Institute for Sustainable Development and a member of the old committee, said she's been in touch with friends and colleagues on the new committee who are confused about their role. "I think people are going to show up Monday and kind of look around at each other blankly" she said. "I think everyone's saying, 'Please don't let this be window dressing'."
November 6, 2006 Toronto Star
Caution cloaks climate talks: Smaller UN forum opens in Nairobi; Canada blamed as Kyoto hobbled
By Peter Gorrie
The conference, opening today in Nairobi, Kenya, is a far cry from last year's extravaganza in Montreal, when the Liberal government created a showcase for its climate-change policies and Canada, led by then-environment minister Stéphane Dion, dominated negotiations.

Fewer delegates and officials are expected. Kenya's capital simply cannot handle the more than 10,000 people who made Montreal the biggest climate-change conference yet.

Expectations, too, are diminished. "There could be a meltdown," says John Drexhage, a director of the International Institute for Sustainable Development based in Winnipeg. "People are just holding their breath, crossing their fingers and hoping that nothing goes too badly."
October 25, 2006 Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS)
Promise of Biofuels Boom Is Overrated, Report Says
By Jim Lobe
WASHINGTON - Despite an explosion of private investment in the U.S. liquid biofuels industry, taxpayers are contributing around seven billion dollars a year in subsidies which could be better used for other energy- and environment-saving technologies, according to a major new report released here Wednesday.
October 23, 2006 Inter Press Service News Agency (IPS)
Answer to Energy Crisis? Waste not, want not.
By Stephen Leahy
That path means using less energy while continuing to grow economically, agreed Stephan Barg, senior corporate advisor at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). The IISD is a policy research think tank based in Winnipeg, Canada. "Efficiency is not about doing with less but getting the services (economic development) we want with less energy," Barg told IPS…

…Humanity responds to short-term, urgent crises but often ignores long-term ones, Barg said. "Politicians and the public don't understand the urgency of the climate change problem," he noted. "We are reaching a crisis globally with climate change. The key question is whether we will be able to respond in time."
October 20, 2006 Winnipeg Free Press
Manitoba pans green plan: East-west grid isn't mentioned (PDF - 26 kb)
By Paul Samyn
OTTAWA – The centrepiece of the Harper government's made-in-Canada green plan is getting poor reviews in Manitoba where it is seen as doing little to help the province environmentally or economically.

Both the Doer government and the province's business community joined in a national chorus panning the Clean Air Act which will make Canadians wait until 2050 before greenhouse gases can be cut in half.

…Said John Drexhage of the IISD: "Four years of consultations after more than 12 years of consultations probably calls into question the overall effectiveness of this regime in actually addressing this issue." …
October 20, 2006 CJOB Winnipeg
"Richard Cloutier presents"
John Drexhage, Director of Climate Change and Energy for the International Institute for Sustainable Development, spoke to Richard Cloutier about the release of the federal Clean Air Act. Tabled for first reading in the House of Commons, the Act states it will reduce green house gas emissions of 45-65 per cent by the year 2050. Unfortunately, Drexhage comments, there is no clear plan for reaching this goal.
October 10, 2006 Westport Inc.
Westport Inc. announces appointment of Nicholas Sonntag as president of Westport Asia
"China and Asia are becoming increasingly important to Westport's strategic growth plans and we are very excited to have Nick Sonntag take on this role," stated David Demers, CEO of Westport. "Our recently completed BTIC Westport joint venture company is just the tip of the iceberg for Westport's activities in Asia. We are now experiencing a high degree of interest in LNG and CNG as a viable option to fuel China's transportation future."
October 2006 International Development Research Centre
IDRC showcases globalization projects at IPRA
By Penney Kome
Does trade between nations prevent them from going to war with one another? Does globalization promote growth and prosperity and hence diffuse tensions within states?

These and other questions were explored and debated during a panel sponsored by IDRC's Peace, Conflict and Development (PCD) program at the 21^st Biennial Conference of the International Peace Research Association (IPRA), held in Calgary, 29 June–3 July 2006.
September 22, 2006 The Miami Hurricane Student newspaper of the University of Miami
U M buildings go 'green': Environmentally-friendly technology being utilized on multiple campuses
By Larry Nolan
The president (of the University) plans to publicly sign the Talloires Declaration later this fall and hopes to have former Vice President Al Gore on hand to direct the ceremony. This declaration, according to the International Institute for Sustainable Development, is an international accord serving as a unifying stance and guideline as to how schools should be utilizing their resources to combat unnecessary and wasteful consumption. Presidents and chancellors at universities the world over have also signed this international treatise. Some signatories include the heads of Tufts University, the University Ibadan in Nigeria and Universidad Federal de Mato Grosso in Brazil.
July 20, 2006 CaymanianCompass
Climate Change hot topic Sunday
"On Sunday the Cayman Islands Red Cross will be opening its doors to the public for Climate Change, Disaster preparedness and the Future of the Cayman Islands. The presentation… will be given by Pablo Suarez, PhD, who is a technical advisor for the Red Cross and Red Crescent Centre for Climate Change and Disaster Preparedness."
June 5, 2006 The Winnipeg Sun
Institute to Receive $5.9 Million (PDF - 161 kb)
"More than ever, the research and recommendations made by this internationally-recognized organization can assist decision-makers around the world as we strive to enable more productive lives for our citizens while protecting and improving the environment," Premier Gary Doer said.
June 2, 2006 CBC News
Province signs $6M agreement with sustainable development group (PDF - 63 kb)
"This province places a high priority on the issues of sustainable development and the environment and we are pleased to be able to continue our relationship with and support for the work of the IISD for another five years," Premier Gary Doer said Friday in a release."
May 30, 2006 checkbiotech.org
EU Green Week: Time to Pick Up the Ball (PDF - 52 kb)
By Mark Halle
"It will take a determined effort to make the sustainable development goal articulated in the preamble a reality, and ensuring that environmental issues are given priority wherever they arise in the negotiations – an not just in the section entitled "environment". Can we count on the EU to pick up the ball that it has lately dropped?"
May 11, 2006 Business Edge Alberta
Developers catch 'green' building fever: LEED applications rise steadily since Program began
By David Hatton
"In Manitoba, Marlene Roy offered to help her employer look at environmentally friendly green options when their office lease was getting close to expiration. The information resources co-ordinator had always been interested in sustainable design and says it was a chance to "build even more awareness" amongst her colleagues. The project took on added importance because of who her employer is - Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)."
April 27, 2006 The National Post
Tories keen to join climate change group: Environment analysts point out AP6 is not a Kyoto substitute (PDF - 31 kb)
By Paul Vieira
"Some people are immediately trying to make this a political issue. But I would see it as a constructive initiative – if there's real money and beef put into it," said John Drexhage, director of climate change for the International Institute for Sustainable Development, a Winnipeg-based environmental think-tank."If we are going to address climate change, we are going to need to address a whole suite of issues – primary among them being technology."
April 27, 2006 Business Edge Ontario
Kyoto proponents slam Tory program cuts: Alternative fuel businesses may suffer, some fear
By Monte Stewart
"We don't have much time," said David Runnalls, president of the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development, who moderated a session on possible post-Kyoto strategies. "This is not an issue we can be talking about for the next 10-15 years."
April 21, 2006 CJOB Radio
"Richard Cloutier presents"
David Runnalls, president of the International Institute for Sustainable Development was interviewed on CJOB radio by Richard Cloutier. Runnalls was commenting on the naming of Brian Mulroney as Canada's greenest prime minister.
April 15, 2006 The Ottawa Citizen
Exchanging world views: Students from South Africa's poorest province will soon arrive at an Orleans school. (PDF - 28 kb)
By Tara Carmen
Both Xolalwa and Fortunate have big dreams. Fortunate wants to be a doctor when she grows up. "To help the people who have HIV," she said. Xolalwa writes R&B music in her spare time. "I want to be the next African Beyonce," she said."
April 11, 2006 CJOB Radio
Richard Cloutier interviewed Hank Venema on various issues related to Earth Week.
By Richard Cloutier
February 12, 2006 Los Angeles Times
Capturing Pig Power: The Kyoto pact puts nearly 600 projects in the developing world. One example: energy fueled by hog waste. (PDF - 51 kb)
By Marla Dickerson
"At Soles farm near Villagran, Buenrostro walked to the edge of a former manure lagoon now clean enough that the company is considering using it for fish farming. Nearby. A generator hummed close to the covered pit where pig waste was being converted to energy. The farm is still testing the system. But Buenrostro said it would soon light the barns, run the automatic feeders and water pumps and even heat the water for employees' showers. "Can you imagine doing all that from manure?" he asked."
January 13, 2006 The Winnipeg Free Press
Manitobans Worried About Climate Change (PDF - 98 kb)
…"That's quite significant," said David Runnalls, CEO of the International Institute for Sustainable Development. "Typically, the majority of people will report they are concerned about climate change..."
January 8, 2006, The Calgary Herald
Harper hints at ditching Kyoto accord Climate change agreement not effective, says Harper (PDF - 94 kb)
…While Canada has been slow in cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the Conservatives shouldn't pull out of Kyoto unless they're able to provide their own concrete action plan, said John Drexhage, director of climate change and energy at the International Institute for Sustainable Development…

2005

December 21, 2005, The Winnipeg Free Press
Small Victories in the Road Forward (PDF - 71 kb)
…What did the world get,in the end? IN WTO talks, everything waits for agriculture and until the deadlocks there are broken nothing else moves…writes David Runnalls, president of the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
December 11, 2005, The Winnipeg Free Press
Opinion Piece
Canadian agricultural practices on WTO block (PDF - 89 kb)
…One of many counter-demands is that Canada should scrap "support" like the wheat board and the supply management systems in the dairy, egg and poultry sectors…writes David Runnalls, president of the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
December 11, 2005, The Calgary Herald
Kyoto action plan sets no targets: UN delegates agree to extend protocol (PDF - 55 kb)
…the federal election has thrown a wrench into Canada's future with Kyoto, said John Drexhage, of the International Institute…
December 8, The Winnipeg Free Press
Martin slammed for gas guzzler (PDF - 108 kb)
…David Runnalls of Winnipeg's International Institute for Sustainable Development said whatever party holds the most seats in the next parliament should see the benefits of helping fund better hydro transmission lines between Ontario and Manitoba…
December 7, 2005
The following article appeared in the Ottawa Sun, Peterborough Examiner, The Evening News, The Western Star, The Packet & Times and was distributed through the CP newswire
Martin set to make launch high-level phase of climate conference
Ottawa Sun - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada… curbing climate change without the participation of the United States which accounts for 25 per cent of global emissions, said John Drexhage of International…
December 7, The Toronto Star
US rejects bid for post-Kyoto talks
Toronto Star - Canada… Dion's plan would help a little in the battle to curb climate change, said John Drexhage, executive director of the Winnipeg-based International Institute for…
December 7, 2005, Yale Daily News
Yalies attend summit on global warming
Yale Daily News - USA… FES Lecturer David Runnalls, who taught a seminar this semester discussing the political economy of climate change, brought students to Montreal for five days…
December 7, 2005 The Winnipeg Free Press
Business Execs on Green Team (PDF - 86 kb)
..."Most of us who are doing it are being more successful in business, not less," said Dan Gagnier, vice president of Alcan…Gagnier was recently appointed chairman of the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development…
December 7, 2005 Canada Newswire
CICA rates TELUS' corporate governance disclosure best in Canada (PDF - 51 kb)
...the independent judging panel includes the International Institute for Sustainable Development…
December 7, Canada Newswire
Postash Corp wins Overall Award of Excellence for a second consecutive year (PDF - 58 kb)
...this year's judging groups included the International Institute for Sustainable Development…
December 6, Earth Negotiations Bulletin
SUMMARY OF THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADAPTATION DAYS EVENT
Earth Negotiations Bulletin - Canada… John Drexhage, IISD, also highlighted the increased awareness among developed and developing countries of the links between climate change, energy and…
December 6, 2005 BBC News
Red tape hampers CO2 cuts scheme BBC News - UK… According to John Drexhage of the International Institute for Sustainable Development, the problem is that the CDM board was set up like a typical UN…
December 6, 2005, The Winnipeg Free Press
Canada Making Headway at Climate Change Meeting (PDF - 99 kb)
…David Runnalls, of the International Institute for Sustainable Development, said he was surprised when international delegates agreed last week to adopt the Marrakesh Accords...
December 5, 2005, The Winnipeg Free Press
Young Generation to Pay For Today's Choices (PDF - 79 kb)
...Kinley, 20, is a University of Winnipeg Collegiate graduate, now studying in Toronto, who might be lured back to Winnipeg if she can get an internship with the International Institute for Sustainable Development…

...David Runnalls, president of IISD, speculates that multi-national corporations already working with Kyoto targets in Europe will start demanding that Washington sign on…
December 5, 2005, The Winnipeg Free Press
Climate Change Already Here: Delegates (PDF - 91 kb)
…Malawi became self-reliant for food in the 1980's, George Mkondiwa told about 150 people at a two-day side event sponsored by the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development...IISD has been leading efforts to help countries adapt…

…The IISD is not well known in Winnipeg, since much of its work is done at events like these around the globe…
December 5, 2005
Climate Change Threatens Southern Africa's Food Security Environment News Service - USA… Hosted by the International Institute for Environment and Development, the International Institute for Sustainable Development, and the RING Alliance of Policy…
December 5, 2005 China View
Adaptation to climate change also a must: experts Xinhua - China… "Adaptation has remained the poor cousin of mitigation, which is more often the focus of government policies," said John Drexhage, director of IISD's Climate…
December 2, 2005, The Winnipeg Free Press
Prof. Rejects Greenhouse Gas Stand (PDF - 151 kb)
…Experts at Winnipeg's world renowned International Institute for Sustainable Development long ago moved on from the debate over climate change and are busy working out what to do about it...
December 1, 2005 The Epoch Times
Climate Change Conference Gets Underway in Canada Epoch Times - New York,NY,USA… commitments are taken in the future that there'll be some sort of commensurate actions on the part of the United States," says John Drexhage, the director of…
November 30, 2005 Embassy - Canada's Foreign Policy Magazine
Jam-Packed Activity Agenda in Montreal Embassy - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada… Development Day At COP-11, 9 am-7:30 pm, Guy Favreau Complex Organized by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and other global…
November 30, 2005, Embassy - Canada's Foreign Policy Magazine
Editorial Piece
The Next Seven Years are Critical to Success Embassy - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada… unusually determined effort. Aaron Cosbey and John Drexhage are with the International Institute for Sustainable Development. Mr. Cosbey…
November 30, 2005 Embassy - Canada's Foreign Policy Magazine
Key People to Keep an Eye On Embassy - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada… John Drexhage, the Ottawa-based Director of the International Institute for Sustainable Development's (IISD) Climate and Energy Program – Having been at the…
November 26, 2005, The Toronto Star
In search of a softer, more inclusive Kyoto Toronto Star - Canada… "The world community must find billions of dollars," says John Drexhage, of the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development.…
November 23, 2005 Embassy - Canada's Foreign Policy Magazine
Editorial Piece
COP Needs to Address How Vulnerable Areas Can Adapt to Global Warming They Didn't Cause (PDF - 74 kb)
…Jo-Ellen Parry and John Drexhage are with the International Institute for Sustainable Development...
November 23, 2005 Embassy – Canada's Foreign Policy Magazine
Heavy Hitters and Important Players Worth Watching Embassy - Ottawa,Ontario,Canada… John Drexhage, director of the International Institute for Sustainable Development's climate and energy program, says Saudi Arabia could use the proposal as a…
November 23, 2005 McLean's Magazine
Canada moves to bring greenhouse gases under regulation for first time (PDF - 46 kb)
Macleans - Toronto,ON,Canada… has gone through to develop a climate plan, this is a significant first step," said John Drexhage of the International Institute for Sustainable Development.…
November 21, 2005 The Winnipeg Free Press
Doer, Charest are host for global conference (PDF - 150 kb)
…Meanwhile, people around the world who cannot make it to Montreal will read daily updates on the negotiations produced by reporters working for the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development…
November 15, 2005, The Winnipeg Free Press
Don't Trim Gas Costs with Hydro Cash: Prof (PDF - 47 kb)
…Hank Venema of the International Institute for Sustainable Development said investing in amore efficient use of natural gas is a win-win-win. Manitoba Hydro gets to keep exporting into lucrative markets outside the province, local heating bills go down and greenhouse gas emissions are reduced...
November 12, 2005 The Winnipeg Free Press
Small business told to cut greenhouse gases (PDF - 48 kb)
…Rachel Parry of the International Institute for Sustainable Development said small business people are often aware of the climate change issue but are too busy with day-to-day operations to do much about it…
October 31, 2005, Guerilla News Network
The Good News Roundup Guerrilla News Network - USA October 31, 2005… A recent forum on the flexibility mechanisms in the Kyoto Protocol has been posted by the International Institute for Sustainable Development, describing more…
October 28, 2005, Canada First Perspective
Population growth, climate change put pressure on Red River Valley Canada First Perspective - Scanterbury, Manitoba,Canada Hank Venema of the International Institute for Sustainable Development has developed an index to map areas vulnerable to water stress.…
Sustainability at heart of UMC conference, as is Bergland portrait
Crookston Daily Times - (Crookston, MN, USA)
October 25, 2005 Dr. Bill Glanville presenting "The International Institute for Sustainable Development: The Growth & Development of a Research Institute.
Joint Forum on Project Formation Bulletin
Earth Negotiations Bulletin - Canada (Madrid, Spain)
October 24, 2005 John Drexhage, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), emphasized that none of the past JI-related work, ideas and progress would have…
Markets for Ecosystem Services
Earth Negotiations Bulletin - Canada (London, England)
October 14, 2005 Anantha Duraiappah, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), raised the issue of valuing and pricing multiple services.
$6.7 million for International Institute for Sustainable Development
City TV, Winnipeg and CJOB Radio (Winnipeg, MB) OCT 13 2005

The Federal government further demonstrated its' commitment to green projects today in Winnipeg by announcing 6.7 million dollars in funding for the International Institute for Sustainable Development.

The Winnipeg based research organization looks at issues from water quality, to bio-diversity, to climate change.
Government of Canada Announces $6.7 Million in Funding For
Environment Canada (press release) - (Ottawa, Canada)
October 13, 2005 Environment Canada has increased its annual support to the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), a Winnipeg-based research organization…
Population growth puts pressure on Red River valley
Winnipeg Free Press
(Winnipeg, MB)
Mon Oct 3 2005 By Helen Fallding

THE Red River valley is one of the Prairie regions most vulnerable to drought, flooding and water quality problems as populations grow and the climate changes, according to a Winnipeg researcher.

Hank Venema of the International Institute for Sustainable Development developed an index that combines precipitation, available water and water usage to map areas vulnerable to water stress…
No Devils Lake pollution yet
Red River unaffected so far: scientist Risk assessment could take years
Winnipeg Free Press
(Winnipeg, Manitoba) September 23, 2005, Helen Fallding.

Water from the contentious Devils Lake outlet in North Dakota has probably entered Canada, but there are no sings so far of pollution problems on the Red River at the boarder, according to a top federal scientist…

At the symposium, sponsored by the International Institute for Sustainable Development, Cash gave a presentation on water-quality problems in Lake Winnipeg. "The solutions are outside the lake," he said, highlighting the almost six million people who live in the watershed, which drains into the lake from four provinces and two American states.
Water experts find more tainted wells
Brandon Sun - (Manitoba, Canada)
September 22, 2005 plea comes as water experts from across the Prairies gather for a two-day water symposium sponsored by the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
Watershed management flows slowly (PDF - 64 kb)
Winnipeg Free Press
(Winnipeg, Manitoba) September 21, 2005. Dr. Henry David Venema

It is difficult to fathom a nation such as Canada, with its mighty rivers, thousands of lakes, towering glaciers, and significant wetlands having to ardently manage its fresh water resources. Reality dictates however, that our water is under pressure from human-induced impacts, agricultural pressures and a changing climate…
Alcan selected as super-sector leader on Dow Jones Sustainability
PR Newswire (press release) - New York,NY,USA (Montreal, Canada)
September 22, 2005 This year, Alcan executives are also chairing the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF
Ottawa to host 'climate change' summit
National Post and Alaska Highway News – (Fort St. John, B.C. Canada)
September 21, 2005 John Drexhage of the International Institute for Sustainable Development said the role of the chairman at such events is crucial.
African Civil Society Speaks Out About Doha Round Talks
Weekly Trade News Digest - UK
September 7, 2005 also notable because the tribunal granted 'amicus curiae' or "Friend of the Court" status to the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
Alcan Sustainability Report highlights value creation
Canada NewsWire (press release) (Montreal, Canada)
September 1, 2005 This year, Alcan also is chairing the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF).
Mainstreaming the Environment Bulletin
Earth Negotiations Bulletin - Canada (Nairobi, Kenya)
July 14, 2005, Anantha Duraiappah, Senior Economist, IISD, supported the proposal of making a strong statement to the 2005 World Summit on linkages between MEAs and MDGs…
Mainstreaming the Environment Bulletin
Earth Negotiations Bulletin - Canada (Nairobi )
July 14, 2005 David Runnalls, President, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), made a keynote presentation on mainstreaming environment into MDGs. Outlining the historical development of the concept of sustainable development, he said the vital question is what MEAs could do for MDGs.
Martin's effort to sway Bush on climate change gets mixed reviews
940 News - Montreal,Quebec,Canada
(July 6) John Drexhage, Director of Climate Change for the International Institute for Sustainable Development, also said that Canada will have a difficult time meeting…
Alcan Senior Executive to chair the International Institute for Sustainable Development
Canadian News Wire, Montreal
(June 15) Alcan Inc. (NYSE, TSX: AL) announced today that its Senior Vice President, Corporate and External Affairs, Daniel Gagnier (59) has been appointed the Chairman of the Board of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
World Faces Many Challenges
Winnipeg Free Press
By: David Runnalls
(June 16) Fifteen years ago, the unlikely trio of Gary Filmon, Brian Mulroney and Lucien Bouchard established the International Institute for Sustainable Development in Winnipeg.

The institute was founded on the belief that the world's economic and environmental systems are so closely linked that policies in one area that ignore the other are bound for failure. In short, the world needs a new form of development which is both environmentally and economically sustainable. In the decade and a half since, IISD, an independent, not-for-profit organization, has become one of the half-dozen premier institutions of its type in the world.
Three grads who did what we all wanted to do (PDF - 318 kb)
Portico, University of Guelph
(Summer, 2005) In the aftermath of the devastating earthquake that rocked Southeast Asia, IISD's Erin Smith, intern for the YCLSF program, was working in Sri Lanka when the Tsunami hit.
NZ could weaken biosafety protocol on liability
Stuff.co.nz - Wellington,New Zealand
By KENT ATKINSON
(May 31)...not having an instrument would be an option, according to the Earth Negotiations Bulletin published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development...
Millenium Ecosystem Assessment, Biodiversity Synthesis report
IISD's Director of Economic Policy, Anantha Kumar Duraiappah, was one of the co-chairs of the biodiversity synthesis report, which generated substantial media interest.
Convention on Biological Diversity: Lowered Biodiversity a Threat to Humans; Findings of Biodiversity Synthesis Presented on International Day for Biological Diversity
Ascribe – Public Interest Newswire, Montreal
(May 19) Earth's species - their variety and numbers - are declining faster than ever, which is threat to the well-being of future generations of humans. The culprit for the decline in biodiversity are people themselves, according to a new study presented at McGill University to mark the International Day for Biological Diversity on May 19.
'Heal' the world's biodiversity
News24, Capetown, South Africa
(May 20)…sure we don't disrupt the biological web to the point where collapse of the whole system becomes irreversible," warns Anantha Kumar Duraiappah, of Canada's International Institute for Sustainable Development.
Unprecendented effort needed to save the world's biodiversity: study
New Straits Times - Persekutuan,Malaysia
(May 20)...just pure conservation, the 'dont touch' kind of policy and a little bit more sharing," economist and co-author of the report Anantha Kumar Duraiappah told AFP...
Protecting biodiversity 'may clash with pursuit of MDGs'
Science and Development Network (www.scidev.net)
(May 19, 2005) Anantha Duraiappah, director of economic policy at the International Institute for Sustainable Development in Winnipeg, Canada, and one of the co-chairs of the biodiversity report, says that Sachs's recommendation to boost infrastructure, if implemented in its current form, "could have a devastating impact on biodiversity".
UN Report says biodiversity on decline
ABC News – USA
By PHIL COUVRETTE Associated Press Writer
(May 20, 2005)...that we don't disrupt the biological web to the point where collapse of the whole system becomes irreversible," warns Anantha Kumar Duraiappah, of Canada's International Institute for Sustainable Development
Sector or policy-based CDM better for transport – report (PDF - 38 kb)
Reprinted from Carbon Finance Magazine
By: Robin Lancaster
(May 2005) Transport projects would be better served by a sectoral or policy-based Clean Development Mechanism says a new IISD report.
IISD Calls for CDM Reform
Carbon Market News
(May 1) At a side event at the climate negotiations in Bonn last week, the International Institute for Sustainable Development unveiled recommendations for reform of the CDM. Its aim is to maximize the development benefit of CDM projects as IISD sees the current CDM market dominated by end-of-the-pipe-technology projects with relatively low development benefits.
Forests, Natural Disasters and Human Security
Arborvitae, IUCN/WWF Forest Conservation Newsletter
(March) What role do forests play in reducing human vulnerability to natural disasters? And what are the wider implications of forest degradation for human security? Anne Hammill, Oli Brown and Alec Crawford of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) look at these questions.
Sustainable Development Commission Fails to Sustain Enthusiasm
Environment News Service
(April 26, 2005) The ENB reports on the reactions of those countries who felt that the results of the 13th meeting of the Commission on Sustainable Development were disappointing.
Model Investor deals aim for new balance
London Financial Times
(April 29, 2005) Howard Mann, senior international law adviser for IISD is quoted saying: "Agreements in the past have focused on just one aspect of the investment process: the protection of foreign capital and investments. This goal no longer meets the needs of the global economy in the 21st century."
Maleeha for new approach to investment treaties
The News (Pakistani major daily newspaper)
(May 2, 2005) Pakistan's high commissioner to the U.K. Dr. Maleeha Lodhi urges a new approach to investment agreements between developed and developing countries at an IISD event hosted by the Commonwealth Secretariat in London.
McGuinty government appoints board members to Ontario Power Authority and Independent Electricity System Operator
Canadian News Wire press Release
(May 2, 2005) Members appointed to the board of the Ontario Power Authority include: Louise Comeau, Project Director of the Sage Climate Project and an associate with the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
Currency of Persuasion
The Listener (New Zealand)
(May 9, 2005) Oli Brown, Project Manager for IISD comments on China and Taiwan's efforts to court Pacific Island nations for votes in international fora and for control over natural resources.
China's intriguing moves
Islands Business (South Pacific islands)
(May 7, 2005) Oli Brown, Project Manager for IISD comments on China and Taiwan's efforts to court Pacific Island nations for votes in international fora and for control over natural resources.
Take It Outside; Arbitrations spike against Eastern European countries. But are the companies better off solving disputes this way?
By By Eriq Gardner
Corporate Counsel
(April 1, 2005) Luke Eric Peterson, an Associate with the IISD Trade and Investment team, comments on the increase of arbitration cases between multinational corporations and Eastern European states.
Carbon Trading Ushers in New Era in Climate Policy
Energy Evolution Magazine
(March 14, 2005) David Runnalls discusses the influence the European emissions trading system will on the development of carbon markets around the world, especially Canada.
Earth's ability to sustain life isn't guaranteed, report warns
By Helen Fallding
Winnipeg Free Press
(March 30, 2005) Dr. Anantha Duraiappah, IISD's Economic Policy Director and Senior Economist, comments on the conclusions of the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment report and the importance of shifting resource management to more sustainable paths.
Failing ecosystems endanger humans, report warns: Comprehensive assessment co-ordinated by U.N. agency Global study links environmental issues to health, well-being
By Peter Calamai
Toronto Star
(March 30, 2005) Dr. Anantha Duraiappah, IISD's Economic Policy Director and Senior Economist, discusses the new ground broken by the Millennium Assessment Report through focusing on the benefits people receive from ecosystems. "This approach is going to help environment ministers in developing countries finally convince finance ministers that spending money on ecosystems pays off in the well-being of their citizens."
The Goodale Budget and Canadian Competitiveness in a Sustainable Economy
By the Honourable Stéphane Dion, P.C., M.P. Minister of the Environment
Environment Canada Web site
(March 2, 2005) David Runnalls was quoted by Canadian Environment Minister Stéphane Dion in the conclusion of his presentation to the Toronto Board of Trade.
Gov't fears Kyoto fund will be smeared
By Dennis Buerckert
Canoe.ca
(February 21, 2005) David Runnalls helps to dispel misconceptions concerning Canada's use of international emissions trading to help meet its Kyoto Protocol target.
Wrong ideas on Kyoto Accord
By Aaron Cosbey
(February 18, 2005) In a letter to the Editor responding to "NAFTA shadow hangs over Kyoto" (February 14, 2005) in the Toronto Star, Aaron Cosbey, IISD Associate and Senior Advisor, identifies two critical flaws in the earlier commentary and explains why NAFTA and Kyoto are mutually exclusive treaties.
Climate plan still a bit hazy
By Peter Calamai
Toronto Star
(February 24, 2005) David Runnalls comments on the wide range of incentives and programs in the 2005 federal budget that will make the Canadian economy 'greener'.
Doer excited by potential for lucrative power sales
By Leah Janzen and Mia Rabson
Winnipeg Free Press
(February 24, 2005) One of several new climate change initiatives mentioned in the 2005 federal budget was the development of an east-west power grid, however David Runnalls questions whether the funding will be enough and if the budget represents a real commitment to Canada's Kyoto Protocol commitments.
Goodale announces biggest-ever spending boost for the environment
By Dennis Bueckert
MacLean's Magazine - Canadian Press
(February 23, 2005) John Drexhage provides a rationale behind the omission of references to the Kyoto Protocol in the 2005 federal budget, including $5 billion for environmentally sustainable infrastructure over the next five years.
Goldhawk Live: CPAC interview
By Dale Goldhawk
CPAC, Canada's Political Channel
(February 20, 2005) David Runnalls was a guest commentator on Goldhawk Live, CPAC's national call-in show, looking at the Kyoto Protocol and what it means for Canada.
Kyoto is here. What now?
By David Runnalls
Winnipeg Free Press View from the West Op-Ed
(February 17, 2005) David Runnalls comments on the potential benefits and impacts Canada's western provinces might experience as a national climate change plan is developed in response to the Kyoto Protocol coming into force.
Kyoto date here, plan still unclear
By Dennis Bueckert, Canadian Press
(February 16, 2005) David Runnalls, IISD's President and CEO, characterizes the Government of Canada's response to Kyoto as, "one of delay" in this article examining the current state of planning for meeting Canadian Kyoto targets.
Translating the Kyoto Protocol to action
Anna Maria Tremonti
CBC Radio – The Current
(February 15, 2005) David Runnalls, IISD President and CEO, appeared on CBC's The Current discussing what the government and industry could and should be doing to make Kyoto as painless as possible.
Canada to host U.N. forum on climate change in fall
By Peter Calamai
Toronto Star
(February 14, 2005) John Drexhage, IISD's Director of Climate Change and Energy, comments on the Canadian government's announcement that it will host the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change 11 Conference of the Parties international climate change negotiation.
CBC News: Morning
By Harry Forestell
CBC Newsworld
(February 14, 2005) David Runnalls, IISD President and CEO, spoke with Harry Forestell about Kyoto Mechanisms and Canada's implementation plan for meeting its Kyoto target.
The Sen difference
By John M. Alexander
Frontline - India's National Magazine
(February 12-25, 2005 edition) Dr. Anan

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