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

Making Sense of Trade Turbulence
Suddenly, the world wants to know more about tariffs. Meanwhile, even the most seasoned trade experts are trying to better understand the unprecedented trade policy decisions coming out of Washington. Alice Tipping explains.

FfD4 Countdown: Strengthening trade policy for sustainable development
The Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FfD4) in July 2025 is an opportunity to redefine the role of trade policy frameworks in supporting sustainable and inclusive development.

How Indigenous Negotiators Fared in 2024
In the foreword in The State of Global Environmental Governance 2024, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim shares her insights on what goals were reached, where "business as usual" must change, and what her priorities are for 2025.