Insights
Sustainable development is a broad, complex field with many overlapping, interconnected issues. It can be hard to stay on top of where progress is being made, what new issues are emerging, and how current events are shifting us in new directions. IISD’s experts have the insight you need.
Highlights
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.
This Is What Young People Have to Say About INC-5
The treaty must address the entire life cycle of plastics, youth tell INC-5 negotiators. We couldn’t agree more.
Stabilization Clauses: The hidden provisions that can hinder tax and investment policy reform
Stabilization clauses should no longer automatically be included in contracts between states and investors. If they are, they should, at a minimum, build on the latest international standards on stabilization to avoid being a barrier to sustainable development.