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 1601 - 1620 of 1939 Justin Trudeau's pipeline challenge truly begins "We need now to look at how do we take the revenues from those pipelines, the rent that Canada can get from those pipelines, and invest them in new, higher quality, higher growth jobs in order to push up those human capital investments," Vaughan, a former commissioner of the environment and sustainable development, said." IISD in the news CBC The House December 3, 2016 Canada's stagnant, slipping national wealth overly reliant on oil and gas: study "A comprehensive measure of Canada's national wealth shows it has been stagnant for decades and is too heavily dependent on housing and oil and gas, says a groundbreaking national report by the International Institute for Sustainable Development." IISD in the news CBC News December 2, 2016 Comprehensive Wealth Scott Vaughan explains to CBC Power and Politics' Rosemary Barton why Canada should adopt a 'comprehensive wealth' approach. (Clip begins at 1:16:45). IISD in the news CBC Power & Politics December 2, 2016 Canada's Comprehensive Wealth Peter Van Dusen (CPAC) speaks to Scott Vaughan and Robert Smith about what a 'comprehensive wealth' approach can reveal about Canada's progress. Clip starts at 19:20. IISD in the news CPAC December 1, 2016 Le Québec devrait être un chef de file de la réforme des subventions aux hydrocarbures (French-language article) Frédéric Gagnon-Lebrun, in an opinion piece for Les Affaires, explains why Quebec can take the lead in the campaign to eliminate fossil fuel subsidies. IISD in the news Les Affaires November 26, 2016 Medical school conducts research with ELA The Northern Ontario School of Medicine and the Experimental Lakes area have agreed to collaborate on research into environmental health. IISD in the news TB News Watch November 23, 2016 Climate change not a left-right issue "In Monday’s speech from the throne, Pallister reiterated the province’s support for a made-in-Manitoba approach to carbon pricing. Manitoba’s throne speech suggests carbon pricing is part of a broader suite of policies that address environmental challenges and economic aspirations." IISD in the news Winnipeg Free Press November 23, 2016 New numbers show extent of drug, alcohol abuse in Winnipeg neighbourhoods New numbers released by Peg reveal the extent of alcohol and drug abuse in Winnipeg neigbourhoods. IISD in the news CTV Winnipeg November 19, 2016 Hammond must avoid more North Sea oil subsidies in the autumn statement "Ahead of the autumn statement next week [...], we urge the chancellor not to answer calls from oil producers in the North Sea for another round of government subsidies." IISD in the news The Guardian November 18, 2016 From Waste to Resource: Using drain and land maintenance waste for bioenergy and compost Karla Zubrycki explains how we have been working with the City of Winnipeg to develop bioenergy and compost out of cattails and grasses from ditches in Manitoba. (Article published with permission from Municipal World). IISD in the news Municipal World November 10, 2016 Trudeau says Trump priorities won’t influence carbon tax plan "“I don’t see this as being any reason to fundamentally change the course that the government has set.” Scott Vaughan of the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development, said in an interview from Marrakech, Morocco." IISD in the news Macleans November 10, 2016 Live Q&A: How can the environment and development sectors work together to achieve the SDGs? Livia Bizikova participated in this interactive discussion on how two separate sectors can collaborate and align efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. IISD in the news The Guardian October 26, 2016 A lot more automation, a lot less humans to hit the mining industry "Despite benefits such as more efficiency and less human-triggered accidents that the use of automation in mining has brought to the sector in the past five years, local communities and governments are set to lose jobs and tax revenues because of these emerging technologies, a new report shows." IISD in the news mining.com October 26, 2016 Can We End Hunger By 2030? "What would it take to end hunger by 2030? 2030 is the year to meet the sustainable development goals. Of the SDGs, goal number 2 aims at zero hunger." IISD in the news The Huffington Post October 24, 2016 Basic human right to food in focus at CMHR for World Food Day "The Prairie Climate Centre is a collaborative initiative of the Institute for Sustainable Development, where Venema has been chief scientist since 2014, the University of Winnipeg and other partners with the mission to identify and implement ways to mitigate against climate change in Western Canada." IISD in the news Winnipeg Free Press October 16, 2016 Measuring Progress through Data and Narratives: Celebrating the First Anniversary of the 2030 Agenda "Member States of the United Nations recognized the power of goal setting for achieving objectives through their decision in June 2012, to negotiate a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [...] These decisions embody the expectation that setting goals matters in governance settings, and that data to measure implementation provide critical tools to enable progress towards the goals." IISD in the news The World Post September 29, 2016 We all have role to play in protecting lakes Dimple Roy and Alexis Kanu argue that we need a systematic watershed monitoring process in Manitoba, to ensure the best health for prairie lakes. IISD in the news Winnipeg Free Press September 29, 2016 How to save free trade from itself "What the world needs now is a dedicated effort to make new international economic agreements responsive to the sustainable and inclusive development agenda set out globally in 2015." IISD in the news iPolitics September 22, 2016 How Policy Coherence Helps The SDG Wheels Turn "Now is the time to make sure that the right policies and processes are in place to guide sustainable development according to the timeline that the 2030 Agenda requires -- there can be no time for confusion or delay." IISD in the news The Huffington Post September 21, 2016 Why Trudeau’s Commitment to Harper’s Old Emissions Target Might Not Be Such Bad News After All “At the end of the day, as much as the goals and targets matter, what matters most is reducing emissions,” says Amin Asadollahi, the lead for climate change mitigation for North America at the International Institute for Sustainable Development. IISD in the news DeSmog Canada September 21, 2016 Pagination « First ‹ Previous … Page 79 Page 80 Current page 81 Page 82 Page 83 … Next › Last »