Deep Dives
The world’s greatest challenges don’t always have simple answers. Going beyond the surface is critical when it comes to solving global problems. Our experts know how important it is to look back at history and consider the big picture if we want to find solutions that work.
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How Can Sustainability Standards Do More to Ratchet Up Smallholder Farmers' Incomes?
We need to get better at measuring and sharing the social and environmental costs of producing food and goods so the burden to pay doesn’t fall on smallholder farmers.
Why Supporting Food Systems and Protecting Biodiversity Need to Go Hand in Hand
Phasing out or repurposing incentives harmful to biodiversity is critical for sustainable development. What can we learn from existing efforts in the United Kingdom, India, and Brazil?
Fueling Change: The journey to end fossil fuel subsidies in Canada
How Canada became the first country in the world to introduce a framework for ending government subsidies to domestic oil and gas companies.
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Harnessing the Power of Finance and Technology to Deliver Sustainable Development
The world has enough money to fund sustainable development, yet there is a financing gap and a persistent digital divide to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.
Reconsidering PPPs in Developing Countries
COVID-19 offers an opportunity to review traditional public–private partnership (PPP) structures in developing countries and consider how they can be refitted for the purpose of coming challenges.
The Global Governance of Sustainable Energy: Access and Sustainable Transitions
The sustainable energy transition is not guided by a central, hierarchical organization—an approach with many positive features worth copying.
The Precautionary Principle
The precautionary principle guides decision-makers to take action to protect the environment, safety, and public health when there is scientific uncertainty.
Managing Infrastructure Through Stewardship
Establishing infrastructure as a business rather than a public–private partnership (PPP) provides a better platform for adaptation and change.
The Evolving War on Illegal Wildlife Trade
Wildlife trafficking is causing unprecedented declines in some species and can potentially spread zoonoses, such as the one that causes COVID-19.
Biological Diversity: Protecting the variety of life on Earth
Biodiversity underpins human life and a significant shift away from “business as usual” is needed to reverse the alarming rate of biodiversity loss.
Stockholm and the Birth of Environmental Diplomacy
A 1972 UN conference began modern international cooperation on the environment. What lessons should we take from it amid mounting global crises?
53 Ways to Reform Fossil Fuel Consumer Subsidies and Pricing
We have an opportunity to reform harmful fossil fuel subsidies as part of a green recovery after COVID-19. Our experts explain how.
Gender Equality and Sustainable Development
IISD works on initiatives to ensure gender equality and women’s empowerment are at the centre of sustainable development policies and legislation.