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The feminist agenda at the grassroots: Advocates tell of experiences

For decades, women-led organizations have worked in communities to build women's resilience to the fallout from climate change, promote girls' access to education, and support victims of gender-based violence. We speak with the young and old activists on their experiences working with women.
IISD in the news August 2, 2023

Rishi Sunak Becomes the Wrong Kind of Climate Radical

It takes some astonishing mental gymnastics to believe that increasing production of fossil fuels is good for the climate. But that's the message British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is selling with his approval of 100 new North Sea oil and gas licenses.
IISD in the news August 2, 2023

Oil And Gas Companies Shirking Responsibility For $123 Billion In Cleanup Costs: Report

A new report from the non-profit organization Environmental Defence reveals that despite making ample profits, Canada's oil and gas companies are shirking at least $123 billion in environmental clean up costs. Moreover, the report states that various levels of government have been unable or unwilling to force those companies to pay their fair share for cleaning up the damage they have caused.
IISD in the news August 1, 2023

EU's CBAM vs. the Paris Agreement: A response to Quick and Das

In a guest post, IISD's Aaron Cosbey writes: I am an unlikely defender of the EU’s CBAM, knowing full well its weaknesses and limitations. But in my opinion those faults do not include any of the arguments mustered against it by Reinhard Quick and Isha Das in their guest post “The EU’s CBAM-Regulation stands in contrast to fundamental EU-obligations under the Paris Agreement.”
IISD in the news August 1, 2023

Minister attacks South Africa's climate finance deal

South Africa's JETP deal, signed at Cop26, is supposed to provide a just transition to clean energy, but critics question whether the scheme will really benefit the country and its people.
IISD in the news July 27, 2023

Taking stock of the implementation gap in climate policy

A gap persists between the emissions reductions pledged by countries under the Paris Agreement and those resulting from their domestic policies. We argue that this gap in fact contains two parts: one in the policies that countries adopt, and the other in the outcomes that those policies achieve.
IISD in the news July 27, 2023