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"Electrify, Baby, Electrify": In 2025, governments must choose a safer world

President Trump campaigned on the slogan “drill, baby, drill,” yet, the case for transitioning from fossil fuels to clean energy has never been stronger.

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January 20, 2025

Five Key Priorities to End Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Canada

As the G7 president in 2025, Canada has a pivotal opportunity to lead by fully phasing out fossil fuel supports and investing in a cleaner, more equitable future. Here are five recommendations for effective subsidy reform.

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January 17, 2025

IISD's Best of 2024: Articles

As 2024 draws to a close, we revisit our most read IISD articles of the year.

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December 23, 2024

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Five Key Priorities to End Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Canada

As the G7 president in 2025, Canada has a pivotal opportunity to lead by fully phasing out fossil fuel supports and investing in a cleaner, more equitable future. Here are five recommendations for effective subsidy reform.
Insight January 17, 2025

Good COP? Bad COP?: Food systems at COP29

The 29th United Nations Climate Conference (COP 29) in Baku failed to build on the notable progress made on food systems at COP 28. However, it wasn't all doom and gloom.
Insight December 10, 2024

Ending Export Credits for Oil and Gas: How OECD countries can end 2024 with a climate win

For a year now, Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OECD) governments have been negotiating an agreement that could put an end to oil and gas export finance. Following the acrimony in Baku, this would be a very real way for the OECD to show policy coherence, respond to calls from the poorest countries to stop subsidizing fossil fuels, and shift public finance to solutions.
Insight December 9, 2024

Baku Conference Sets New Collective Climate Finance Goal

The Baku Climate Change Conference (UNFCCC COP 29) delivered what the Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB) describes as “a milestone agreement that will inform climate action for years to come.” Countries set a new collective quantified goal (NCQG) on climate finance. The operationalization of the market-based cooperative implementation of the Paris Agreement (Articles 6.2 and 6.4) was another major outcome. Yet, parties could not reach agreement on a number of issues.
Insight November 29, 2024