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Scenarios and Sticking Points under the Durban Platform: The long and winding road to 2020
Regulating Carbon in Canada
Divergent Approaches: Greenhouse gas mitigation in Canada and AustraliaA Mirage in the Deserts of Doha? Assessing the outcomes of COP 18
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Mind the Gap: The state-of-play in Canadian greenhouse gas mitigation
» David Sawyer, IISD, 2011. Commentary, copyright: IISDIn "Mind the Gap" Dave Sawyer explores where we stand with regard to current Canadian climate change policies and how Canada can close the gap between emissions reductions expected from current federal and provincial policies and our 2020 emissions mitigation target of 17 per cent below 2005 levels. Suggestions include expanded regulatory frameworks, as well as a renewed look at both domestic and international abatement options from offsets.
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Solutions for Improved Human Well-Being
» Dave Wilkins, IISD, 2012.The 2011–2012 IISD Annual Report highlights the institute’s efforts over the past year to meet the core challenge of its strategic plan—to find solutions through transformative change that improve human well-being. The strategic plan defines 12 themes encompassing 28 goals to realign macroeconomic policies, management of ecological and social systems, and global environmental governance with sustainability.
The annual report contains a series of articles on the work done to date toward achieving selected goals of our strategic plan. In the context of finding solutions for improved human well-being, the cover photo celebrates the progress made toward achieving the Millennium Development Goal related to halving by 2015 the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water and basic sanitation.
The report also includes a list of our funders by strategic plan theme and a summary of our financial performance for the year ending March 31, 2012.
See our complete audited financial statement: English (PDF - 105 KB) - Français (PDF - 145 KB).
For a free copy of our annual report, please contact info@iisd.ca.
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- Adaptation and Risk Reduction
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- Economics and SD
- Education, Learning and Leadership
- Environment, Conflict and Peacebuilding
- Gender Equity
- Governance for Sustainable Development
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- International Trade
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- Measurement and Assessment
- Natural and Social Capital (NASCap)
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- Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI)
- IISD Foresight Group
- Partnership for Procurement and Green Growth
- The Sustainable Commodity Initiative (SCI)
- Sustainability Leadership Innovation Centre (SLIC)
- Water Innovation Centre (WIC)
