Decentralized Solar Plants Can Boost Farmer Incomes and Help India Meet its Climate Targets
This new guidebook provides practical solutions for state governments to unlock and speed up the rollout of the PM-KUSUM scheme in India.
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New global chemicals, waste framework to include textiles: IISD
Textiles will come under a new global framework for the sustainable management of chemicals and waste that will be decided at the fifth International Conference on Chemicals Management (ICCM5) in Bonn in September this year.
Factor Gender into Transportation Planning, IISD Analyst Urges Policy-Makers
Cost-benefit decisions on new transportation infrastructure that are gender-blind create a cost for women and the societies they live in, says an analyst with the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
Five Ways the Global Goal on Adaptation can Help Build a Global Monitoring, Evaluation, and Learning System for Adaptation by COP 28
With the 58th meeting of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change’s (UNFCCC) Subsidiary Bodies (SBs) due to kick off in Bonn, Germany, on June 5, one of the key issues to watch in the realm of climate change adaptation are the talks on the Global Goal on Adaptation (GGA).
Landmark Agreement Curbing Harmful Fisheries Subsidies Awaits Ratification A Year After Adoption
This month marks the first anniversary of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) historic Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies. The treaty, adopted at the WTO's 12th Ministerial Conference, established the first global, legally binding framework that limits subsidies for illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and fishing of overfished stocks, as well as subsidies to vessels fishing on the unregulated high seas. The agreement also calls for countries to exercise “due restraint” in providing subsidies to vessels that do not fly their country’s flag or those that fish stocks with unknown status.
Decentralized Solar Power Plants Can Be Win-Win Strategy For Farmers, Local Communities, State Governments And DISCOMs
The implementation of decentralized solar plants under the government’s Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) program can boost farmer incomes, help India reach 50% of non-fossil power capacity by 2030, and improve the financial viability of distribution companies (DISCOMs), according to a new report launched today.
States Must Define Standards to Overcome Challenges in Agrivoltaics: IISD
A recent report published by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) has listed specific business models that would help India cope with the challenges of implementing agrivoltaics.
The food sector is not on track to meet climate targets. Here is what will help
Some of the largest food and agribusiness companies have committed to ambitious climate targets for 2030 and 2040, but halfway through 2023, they are not on track to reach them.
Stakeholders Retreat to Their Corners in Global Plastics Treaty Talks
Round two of negotiations toward a global plastics treaty is in the books, and the competing aims of stakeholders — more recycling vs. reduced plastics production and limits on hazardous chemicals — were on full display.
Supporting the Implementation of Green Public Procurement in Poland
To support Poland with the implementation of its State Purchasing Policy, the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and the Open Contracting Partnership (OCP), with funding from the World Bank, developed an implementation strategy for green public procurement (GPP).