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Want to cut global emissions by 10%? Stop fossil-fuel subsidies

The IPCC report released on Monday (March 20) has an idea for shaving off as much as 10% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 2030: end fossil fuel subsidies once and for all. A tenth of greenhouse gas emissions is a large slice and would go a long way in preventing global temperatures from rising above 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit), the threshold above which the catastrophic impacts of climate change will become increasingly difficult to manage. The overall cut in emissions required to achieve that goal is 45%.
IISD in the news March 23, 2023

The Energy Charter Treaty: Endgame in sight?

This event explored the pressing legal and political issues surrounding the Energy Charter Treaty - and whether 2023 is the year for a coordinated EU withdrawal from the Treaty.
Webinar March 22, 2023

On World Water Day, a case for natural infrastructure

The UN 2023 Water Conference in New York, kicking off on World Water Day today, is the first such conference in almost 50 years. But it arrives against a worrying backdrop. Across the globe, we seem to be experiencing the vicissitudes of water, whether it is unprecedented flooding or old and new forms of pollution in lakes and rivers. And thanks to the ever-intensifying impacts of climate change, it doesn’t seem like our fraught relationship with that which sustains us will improve any time soon.
IISD in the news March 22, 2023

La Journée mondiale de l'eau est soulignée avec une annonce de financement pour la recherche et la protection visant notre ressource naturelle la plus précieuse : l'eau douce (in French)

Nous profitons de la Journée mondiale de l'eau pour soutenir nos mesures ambitieuses de lutte contre les changements climatiques qui permettent de garder notre air pur et notre eau douce propre. Le gouvernement du Canada s'est engagé à créer l'agence canadienne de l'eau afin de protéger cette ressource naturelle qui nous offre de l'eau potable, des possibilités de transport et d'énergie, et des occasions économiques, en plus de nous divertir. De plus, le secrétaire parlementaire Terry Duguid est présent cette semaine à la Conférence des Nations Unies sur l'eau de 2023, à New York, où il agira à titre de représentant du Canada pour discuter de l'évaluation de mi-parcours des objectifs de la Décennie internationale d'action (2018-2028), « L'eau et le développement durable ».
IISD in the news March 22, 2023

Nations fight to be called climate vulnerable in IPCC report

Government negotiators fought bitterly last week over which groups and regions are defined as particularly vulnerable to climate change in the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
IISD in the news March 22, 2023