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Sharp opinion and analysis on issues that are critical to sustainable development.
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August 2
Canada's Trade Troubles Make a Perfect Opportunity
NAFTA uncertainty, global shakeups prompt Canadian trade to do the unthinkable: evolve.
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July 30
Tourist Trap: Is tourism's explosive growth hurting countries?
Countries are learning hard lessons as global tourism swells.
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July 24
HLPF Recap: The world's report card on global goals
Couldn’t travel to the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF)—or even if you could, couldn’t be in every side event at once? IISD has you covered.
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July 17
How NGOs Can Survive in the Age of Distrust
For the fourth year in a row, Transparify has given IISD its highest rating for financial disclosure of donors.
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July 16
Voices and Choices: Laudato Si at three years
Voices from around the globe recently came together to celebrate and put into action Laudato Si, Pope Francis's call for dialogue on the radical changes needed to repair our earth.
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July 10
ALivE: A new tool for Ecosystem-based Adaptation
There’s an urgent need to prepare ecosystems for climate change impacts. Healthy ecosystems are critical for sustaining livelihoods. They also increase our capacity to adapt to climate change.
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July 6
Let's talk, not bicker, about Canada's energy future
A clean energy transition requires Canadians to find consensus and act.
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July 6
China's War on Pollution—and What Comes Next
Insights on China's climate leadership following the 10th meeting of Eco Forum Global.
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June 27
Infrastructure, Industrialization and Innovation: Why SDG 9 matters and how we can achieve it
With half the world now living in cities, and billions of dollars spent each year on growth and infrastructure, we need to finance and implement sustainable infrastructure practices that reduce our environmental footprint, employ clean technologies and are economically viable.
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June 19
How the Energy Charter Treaty Could Have Costly Consequences for Governments and Climate Action
Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder explores the current status of the Energy Charter Treaty, and why now, more than ever, it deserves far more public attention and scrutiny.
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