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IISD Congratulates WTO Members on Achieving Fisheries Subsidies Deal

The deal marks a crucial step in moving the world's fisheries towards long-term sustainability and in multilateral efforts to address subsidies that harm the natural environment and the well-being of vulnerable communities.

Statement June 17, 2022

How to Make Investments in Land Rehabilitation Economically Viable

This report presents the results of a Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) assessment for peatland and mangrove restoration in Indonesia.

Report June 16, 2022

India's taxes and subsidies threaten clean energy growth in the country

After a slowdown during the first two years of the covid-19 pandemic, India’s renewable energy sector seems to be bouncing back in terms of investments. But recent studies raise doubts about the overall pace of the sector’s growth with finance emerging as a major impediment.

IISD in the news June 15, 2022

How Fiji Does Climate Adaptation: Actions Speak Louder In Virtual Reality

Over here in the US, much of the climate adaptation talk has to do with the familiar topic of infrastructure. Massive structures of concrete and steel are only part of the solution, though. CleanTechnica caught wind of a United Nations project that leverages virtual reality to communicate the nuances of climate adaptation, and they have chosen an interesting location to explore: the islands of Veidrala, Narikoso, and Lekanai in Fiji.

IISD in the news June 15, 2022

How increasing taxes and decreasing subsidies threaten India's clean energy growth

After a slowdown during the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic, India's renewable energy sector seems to be bouncing back in terms of investments. But recent studies raise doubts about the overall pace of the sector's growth with finance emerging as a major impediment.

IISD in the news June 14, 2022

Moving Beyond GDP: The case for wealth as a core measure of national progress

Increasing GDP is not necessarily correlated with increased well-being. This seminar will explore adoption of inclusive wealth as a means of moving beyond GDP.

Conference June 13, 2022

20 Years of the Environmental Integrity Group in Global Climate Governance: Lessons and prospects

Delegates from member states of the Environmental Integrity Group reflect on its purpose and contribution to shaping global rules for the climate.

Report June 13, 2022

Oil Companies Are Suing to Block Climate Action – With 72% Success

Fossil fuel investors are adopting a bold new legal tactic in response to efforts to limit global warming: they are going to private international tribunals to argue that climate change policies are illegally cutting into their profits and they must therefore be compensated. Now governments are scrambling to figure out how to not get sued for billions when enacting climate policies.

IISD in the news June 12, 2022

National Workshop on Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining, Illicit Financial Flows, and Conflict in Niger

The IGF organized a workshop for officials in Niger to promote dialogue on ASM governance challenges related to illicit financial flows and conflict.

Brief June 12, 2022

Outdoors: Ohio biologists share techniques and technology with African counterparts

She was more than 7,000 miles from her home in Rwanda and had spent the previous two weeks touring the Great Lakes of North America, heavily immersed in the science of fisheries management and hoping to take home a cache of information, technological advances, and sound science that could be applied on the Great Lakes of Africa.

IISD in the news June 11, 2022

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