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Background Note on Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform

As fossil fuel subsidies are expected to swell following rapidly rising energy prices, IISD offers a background note on the rationale and international initiatives for reforming fossil fuel subsidies.
Brief August 29, 2022

Les écologistes saluent le nouveau pacte Canada-Allemagne sur l’hydrogène

Lеѕ grоuреѕ dе défеnѕе dе l’еnvіrоnnеmеnt оnt ассuеіllі аvес рrudеnсе un nоuvеl ассоrd еntrе lеѕ gоuvеrnеmеntѕ аllеmаnd еt саnаdіеn роur соmmеnсеr à ехрédіеr dе l’hydrоgènе à trаvеrѕ l’Аtlаntіquе dèѕ 2025, аlоrѕ quе lеѕ dеuх раyѕ ѕе tоurnеnt vеrѕ dеѕ énеrgіеѕ рluѕ rеnоuvеlаblеѕ.
IISD in the news August 26, 2022

Environmentalists welcome new Canada-Germany hydrogen pact

Environmental rights groups have cautiously welcomed a new agreement between the German and Canadian governments to begin shipping hydrogen across the Atlantic as early as 2025, as the two countries shift towards more renewable energy.
IISD in the news August 26, 2022

Preparing Financing Strategies for Adaptation: Emerging good practices

Amid a growing interest in the preparation of financing strategies for adaptation, new research aims to unpack what the scope of these strategies should entail, what constitutes good practices for their development, and whether these strategies are truly effective.
Deep Dive August 25, 2022

The 'spongy' cities of the future

Tangled mats of muddy vegetation line the footpaths of Underwood Park, a narrow stripe of green winding along a creek beneath the small volcanic cone of Ōwairaka (Mt Albert) in Auckland, New Zealand. In the water, clumps of sticks and the occasional plastic bag are marooned on protruding rocks and branches.
IISD in the news August 24, 2022

New report highlights ways to fill Canada's phosphorus gap amid global supply constraints

In 1669, German alchemist Hennig Brand was looking for a way to create gold when he boiled down gallons of urine and heated the smelly residue to a high temperature. The result was not the hoped-for precious metal but a pale solid that glows in the dark and burns brilliantly when exposed to air. Brand dubbed his discovery phosphorus, the Greek word for "light bearer."
IISD in the news August 24, 2022