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Understanding Investor–State Dispute Settlement in the Mining Sector
This brief introduces investor–state dispute settlement (ISDS) for mining policy-makers and shows how understanding it helps governments design clearer rules, manage permits and contracts, prevent costly disputes, and protect policy spaces while maintaining a predictable investment climate.
Reducing Single-Use Foodware
Around 74% of Winnipeg restaurant-goers want their local eateries to do more about waste. This is all according to a new survey conducted by IISD Experimental Lakes Area.
Unpacking National Investment Laws
This report explores how national investment laws regulate dispute settlement and suggests how to reform them to align with sustainable development and 21st-century policy objectives.
Mangrove Restoration
Eight measures mangrove restoration projects can integrate to prevent harm to ecosystems and communities.
Nickel Mining in Ontario, Canada
This case study describes environmental and associated social issues from nickel mining and processing in Ontario, Canada, and examines policy measures for managing them.
Data and Digital Trade Law
This policy primer provides a comprehensive overview of data governance in the digital economy: what it is, how different regulatory approaches are emerging, and why it is increasingly central to digital trade policy.
Leading the Transition Locally
Subnational states and regions are powerful drivers of both implementation and ambition in achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement. They are critical to achieving the transition away from fossil fuels. This report aims to explore and document the role of subnational governments in advancing a just, orderly, and equitable transition away from fossil fuel production as a critical element of the overall transition away from fossil fuels.
Renegotiation of Australia’s Bilateral Investment Treaties
IISD urges Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to prioritize the termination of old-generation treaties that lack modern safeguards and to pursue a new generation of treaties focused on current policy problems, cooperation, shared prosperity, and transparency.
Scaling Solar Power for Irrigation in India
A report analyzing PM-KUSUM’s progress and challenges, offering actionable recommendations for a scalable post-2026 scheme.
Open Letter to the Prime Minister on Climate Finance: Canadian Coalition on Climate Change and Development
As a member of the Canadian Coalition on Climate Change and Development, IISD contributed to a joint letter addressed to the Prime Minister of Canada on the urgent issue of climate finance.