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“The Ocean Is Not a Dumping Ground” Fifty Years of Regulating Ocean Dumping
Dumping waste not only threatens the ocean we know, but also the 80% of the ocean that has yet to be explored.
Financing Green Recovery From Fossil Fuel Taxation and Subsidy Reform
This brief reviews how the Government of Indonesia (GoI) can finance its COVID-19 recovery budget at the same time as the energy transition, raising funds from fossil fuel taxation and subsidy reform, and provides recommendations on its future expenditure.
Seeking Common Ground for Climate, Biodiversity, and People: How to get the debate on nature-based solutions right
To protect ecosystems and people, we must learn from past mistakes and work together on inclusive and robust nature-based solutions.
State of Sustainability Initiatives Review: Standards and Poverty Reduction
This report explores how sustainability standards can help reduce poverty and recommendations for policy makers, buyers, and VSS bodies.
Comparative Approaches to Compensation Under International Investment Law
An interview with Esmé Shirlow on her forthcoming IISD paper comparing approaches used by international investment tribunals to determine compensation awards.
Reflections on the Postponement of the World Trade Organization’s Ministerial Conference
Following the WTO’s postponement of its 12th Ministerial Conference, IISD's Sofia Baliño reflects on this unprecedented situation and its implications.
Protecting the Right to Tax Mining Income
This practice note is a tool to help resource-rich governments protect their tax base from risks associated with tax treaties.
IISD Trade and Sustainability Review, Volume 1, Issue 4, November 2021
This fourth edition of the IISD Trade and Sustainability Review covers a range of timely policy issues related to trade and sustainable development in the lead-up to the WTO's 12th Ministerial Conference.
What to Expect at MC12 From the Negotiations on Agriculture?
IISD’s Facundo Calvo discusses some of the likely outcomes of negotiations on seven key agriculture topics at the WTO’s 12th Ministerial Conference.
A Business Case for Investment in Canadian Community-Based Water Monitoring
The time to coordinate and fund Canada's vibrant culture of Community-based Water Monitoring is NOW.