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Letter from Beijing: disasters, opportunities and inspiration

IISD Senior Fellow Simon Zadek spent a year in China. He reflects on his experience and developing issues such as political economy, pollution, corporate social responsibility and the green agenda.

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The Guardian

December 8, 2013

7 ways Thomas Mulcair aims to change Canada’s energy landscape

Mulcair, a national party leader, spoke to the Economic Club of Canada about his party's policy positions regarding energy. Maclean's notes that his numbers on Canadian fossil fuel subsidies match those in this IISD report.

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Maclean's

December 5, 2013

Powerless: India's Energy Shortage and Its Impacts

This new book by Sam Tranum examines energy usage and shortages in India, both now and in the future. His research is informed by and cites IISD Global Subsidies Initiative's A Citizens' Guide to Energy Subsidies in India.

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Sage

December 5, 2013

Central Africa takes steps to improve agricultural investment

IISD's Matthew McCandless and Carin Smaller presented on sustainable agricultural investment at the Central Africa Seminar in Malabo, Equatorial Guinea in November 2013. Read the key related publication: Making Investment Work for Africa: What role for parliamentarians?

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Farmlandgrab.org

December 4, 2013

Video interview on Swiss Financial Television

Ivetta Gerasimchuk sat down for a nine-minute Russian language interview, answering questions on IISD in general, energy pricing, energy consumption, energy efficiency and climate change.

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Dukascopy

December 3, 2013

Infrastructure impacted by climate change

This "Construction Corner" article notes that IISD's recent literature summary report exploring climate impacts and risks to key infrastructure is "a paper that owners and managers in the construction industry might want to read as they consider the long-term future of their companies."

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Journal of Commerce

December 3, 2013

Hard numbers present city - warts and all

A report on Peg, a community indicator system for well-being and sustainability, launched by IISD and the United Way of Winnipeg.

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Winnipeg Free Press

December 2, 2013

‘Social good’ doing more harm than good

Sharmila Ganapathy writes about GSI's Citizen's Guide to Energy Subsidies, providing a Malaysian analysis to IISD's work on transport fuel costs in that country.

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Business Circle

December 2, 2013

Sustainability Through Partnerships: A Guide for Executives

"It is through collaboration often involving the oddest bedfellows, that we vest this generation's hope for addressing the challenges of poverty, inequality and environmental insecurity," says IISD Senior Fellow Simon Zadek. Zadek represents IISD on NBS's Leadership Council.

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TMC Connect.net

December 2, 2013

WTO's Bali ministerial meeting holds fate of Doha Round in its hands

IISD associate Robert Wolfe penned this op-ed asking whether the World Trade Organization (WTO) can function as a negotiating forum. The future of the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations is at stake.

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The Globe and Mail

November 26, 2013

South Africa Breaks Out

Acclaimed economist and Nobel laureate Joseph E. Stiglitz’s op-ed on sovereignty and investment agreements, in agreement with the analysis of IISD’s Investment program.

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Project Syndicate

November 4, 2013

Sustainable Consumption: Stakeholder Perspective

Mark Halle's chapter, Paddling Upstream, was included in the World Economic Forum's book Sustainable Consumption: Stakeholder Perspective

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World Economic Forum

October 31, 2013

Experts offer fresh ideas to ensure trade is catalyst for development

Mark Halle's contribution to the UNCTAD’s Trade and Development Board on global trade and economic development.

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unctad.org

October 3, 2013