Newsroom Media Coverage View IISD's latest media coverage from around the world. Press Media Coverage What's new in sustainable development Recent news coverage about IISD Displaying 1481 - 1500 of 1939 Climate Change Knows No Borders "The world’s trade policymakers need to leave behind their obsession with a parallel world of moving goods more freely and start getting serious about mitigating climate change through trade agreements." IISD in the news The Mark News October 27, 2017 Study says 66 per cent of Winnipeg’s homeless population is 'invisible' "A report from Peg—a partnership between the International Institute of Sustainable Development and United Way of Winnipeg—says 66 per cent of Winnipeg’s homeless are invisible to the average Winnipegger." IISD in the news Metro Winnipeg October 24, 2017 Research on Eutrophication of Shallow Prairie Lakes "The International Institute of Sustainable Development (IISD) has released a new study where researchers developed a nutrient mass balance model that can be used to identify the variance and relative importance of different nutrient sources and internal lake processes." IISD in the news Water Canada October 24, 2017 Up in smoke "Pollution and its impacts on human health and assets cost Canadians tens of billions of dollars each year, according to a recent report from the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)." IISD in the news Corporate Knights October 24, 2017 'Nobody was happy': Alberta coal town Grande Cache struggles with mine closure "But even if that happens, in order to compete internationally, the mine will need to use more automation, which is a growing trend in the coal industry. It means more use of self-driving vehicles, autonomous crushers and automated monitoring systems. According to the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development this would replace 40 to 80 per cent of coal miners." IISD in the news CBC Edmonton October 20, 2017 Boat tours bring awareness "Providing in depth information about the Netley Marsh renewal project was Richard Grosshans, who is a senior research scientist with the International Institute for Sustainable Development. He has conducted extensive research in Netley-Libau Marsh on Lake Winnipeg and has examined the long term wetland changes." IISD in the news The Selkirk Journal October 18, 2017 La vraie nature du commerce progressiste "L’expérience n’a pas été l’échec qu’on dit souvent, du moins pas pour son volet environnemental, assure Scott Vaughan, président et chef de la direction de l’International Institute for Sustainable Development." IISD in the news Le Devoir October 12, 2017 Lakehead University, experimental lakes area sign five-year agreement "A five-year agreement between Lakehead University and the International Institute for Sustainable Development's experimental lakes area (ELA) will be a big benefit to Lakehead students, a researcher said." IISD in the news CBC Thunder Bay October 11, 2017 LU inks collaboration deal for Experimental Lakes Area "Faculty and students from Lakehead University will receive easier access to the Experimental Lakes Area as a result of a new five-year memorandum of understanding." IISD in the news TB News Watch October 10, 2017 Top talent to talk Canada's energy future One of the conference presenters, Scott Vaughan — the CEO of the Winnipeg-based International Institute of Sustainable Development — said, "The conference is pulling together all the different moving parts and looking at it and saying what does it all mean? Absolutely, this is the most important energy meeting that has ever been convened in Canada." IISD in the news Winnipeg Free Press October 5, 2017 Native Planet: Lake Winnipeg In episode four, season two of APTN's Native Planet, Hank Venema talks about why the prairies need to adapt to the onslaught of climate change, and Richard Grosshans explains what will happen to Lake Winnipeg if we don't take action now. IISD in the news APTN September 29, 2017 Roundtable: What's causing extreme weather? "Ferocious storms, bigger floods, more devastation. Extreme weather events are getting worse. Do towns and cities need better infrastructure to cope?" Anne Hammill joins a roundtable debate. IISD in the news TRT World September 27, 2017 What Canada Needs to Do Now (But Isn’t) to Prevent the Worst Impacts of Climate Change “The benefits are very high compared to the costs,” said Hank Venema, planning director at the Winnipeg-based Prairie Climate Centre. “But it’s different than the way that governments have traditionally viewed these kinds of expenditures: they’ve looked upon it as just capital expense and not risk reduction and rural economic development and habitat benefit.” IISD in the news DeSmog Canada September 21, 2017 Canada deploys 'multi-pronged' lobbying to counter Trump's EPA cuts "North of the border, Amin Asadollahi, co-chair of the Green Budget Coalition and North American lead for climate mitigation at the International Institute for Sustainable Development, said ENERGY STAR has helped businesses and Canadians reduce their energy costs and carbon pollution." IISD in the news National Observer September 21, 2017 Cities And The SDGs: An Interdependent Partnership "We need to make the SDGs more central to city planning and cities more central to the achievement of the SDGs." IISD in the news Huffington Post September 20, 2017 Opinion: The SDGs are good enough and it's time to stop analyzing and start acting "The SDGs may represent our last chance to transition to a world characterized by justice, opportunity, peace, and stability. We must do everything possible not to miss this chance. That means accepting that the stage settings are good enough, and getting on with the play. Whether or not it turns out to be a tragedy is up to us." IISD in the news Devex September 20, 2017 What will Canada’s energy future look like? "Amin Asadollahi is the North American lead on climate change mitigation at the International Institute for Sustainable Development. He doesn’t see an overnight elimination of hydrocarbons, but envisions the adoption of sustainable energy sources as an inexorable movement toward greater efficiency as well as an environmental imperative." IISD in the news Ottawa Citizen September 17, 2017 Together, Canada, China and the EU Can Fill Trump's Climate Leadership Void "Canada, the European Union and China are sending a powerful signal that they are willing to fill the leadership void created by the Trump Administration backing out of the Paris agreement. This weekend’s summit in Montreal offers the chance for governments to raise their collective efforts and demonstrate how they are leading by example." IISD in the news AlterNet September 16, 2017 Time for results on Lake Winnipeg "Our politicians must seize this opportunity and invest it wisely in the best interests of Lake Winnipeg. Let’s not find ourselves reading the same disappointing evaluation in another five years, with plenty of money spent, but no real improvements." IISD in the news Winnipeg Free Press September 12, 2017 IISD-ELA scientist to study effects of oil spills in freshwater ecosystems "Vince Palace is the head research coordinator for the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), which operates the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) southeast of Kenora, led a community information night at Knox United Church on Thursday, Sept. 7 about the research the facility will be conducting on how spills affect freshwater ecosystems." IISD in the news Kenora Daily Miner and News September 11, 2017 Pagination « First ‹ Previous … Page 73 Page 74 Current page 75 Page 76 Page 77 … Next › Last »