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Private Investments and Agriculture: The importance of integrating sustainability into planning and implementation

Recently, we have seen an increase in large-scale investment into agriculture. An important policy question is to what extent these large-scale agricultural investment contribute to improving local livelihoods, as well as economic and environmental conditions.

Brief December 31, 2016

Comprehensive Wealth in Canada—Measuring what matters in the long run

This report seeks to introduce the concept of comprehensive wealth to Canadians and outline why it should be considered an essential complement to the other measures such as gross domestic product.

Report November 30, 2016

Ending Hunger: What would it cost?

The International Institute for Sustainable Development and the International Food Policy Research Institute joined forces to estimate what it would cost to end hunger, and the contribution that donors need to make.

Brief October 14, 2016

Bottom-up Accountability for Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs): Are subnational indicator systems aligned?

This briefing note evaluates, as a test case, alignment between subnational sustainable development indicators and the new Sustainable Development Goal indicators.

Brief April 25, 2016

Rapid Scenario-Planning Exercise to Review Risks of the Agricultural Sector

The brief summarizes the outcomes of a rapid scenario-planning exercise to stress test a series of business risk-management programs under a set of plausible economic, social and environmental conditions.

Publication March 16, 2016

Watershed Indicators: The challenge of consistency

In 2014–2015, with support from Environment Canada, the Canadian Sustainability Indicators Network (CSIN) explored the question of watershed indicator consistency and coherency across Canada and between Canada and the United States.

Report December 31, 2015

WEFsat-Mining Tool User-Guidance Manual: Water, energy and food security analysis tool for mining

Report September 27, 2015

Water-Energy-Food Resource Book for Mining

This manual briefly explains IISD’s water-energy and food security framework.

Report September 27, 2015

Water-Energy-Food Security and Mining in Suriname: A project overview

Water, energy and food security constitutes critical components of human well-being and includes aspects of supply, demand and access to all three.

Report September 27, 2015

Mainstreaming Climate Change Integrated Landscape Assessment, Decision-Support Process & Tool Kit: Guidebook to Implementing the Quantitative and Qualitative Aspects of the Assessment

This guidebook provides an overview and application of scenario approaches as a method of conducting complex regional and place-based assessments and providing information to support planners developing longer-term adaptation plans.

Report July 22, 2015

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