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Why Are Communities Still Left Out of Climate Vulnerability Assessments?

A new report shows why meaningfully engaging communities in climate vulnerability assessments remains harder than it seems, and what to do about it.

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May 14, 2026

Decoding the Belt and Road Initiative’s Legal Architecture

This article unpacks the Belt and Road Initiative's legal architecture—covering hard law (such as treaties and contracts), soft law (such as memoranda of understanding), and the unique role of China's state-owned enterprises—and sets out recommendations for host country policy-makers on how to navigate this hybrid legal environment.

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May 7, 2026

Europe’s Sustainable Public Procurement Ambition Has a Measurement Problem. The data to fix it already exists.

Measuring the real environmental impact of EU public procurement is already possible using data that governments already collect.

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May 5, 2026

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Decoding the Belt and Road Initiative’s Legal Architecture

This article unpacks the Belt and Road Initiative's legal architecture—covering hard law (such as treaties and contracts), soft law (such as memoranda of understanding), and the unique role of China's state-owned enterprises—and sets out recommendations for host country policy-makers on how to navigate this hybrid legal environment.
Deep Dive May 7, 2026

IISD Trade and Sustainability Review, March 2026

MC14 brings together critical debates on trade, development, and sustainability. This issue explores headline topics, including WTO reform, industrial policy, e-commerce, investment facilitation, fisheries subsidies, agriculture, and trade-related climate measures, highlighting both opportunities and challenges for inclusive, rules-based, and future-ready global trade.
Deep Dive February 23, 2026

IISD Trade and Sustainability Review, December 2025

This edition of the IISD Trade and Sustainability Review highlights five distinct and often underexplored dimensions of industrial policy, focusing on services, agriculture, digitalization, and inclusive development, the textiles and garments sector in least developed countries, and policy-making processes.
Deep Dive December 5, 2025