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What the Mighty Mangrove Tells us About our Broken Relationship With Nature

Mangrove trees can sequester up to 10 times as much of our carbon pollution as rainforests and help defend against flooding. Their roots help anchor shorelines around the world, protecting coasts from the devastating impacts of storm waves.

Insight February 3, 2020

Fisheries Subsidies: Identifying Technical Assistance for Implementation

This informal dialogue will provide developing WTO Member negotiators, international agencies and civil society actors with an opportunity to discuss the possibilities for support to implementation of an agreement on fisheries subsidies.

Event February 3, 2020

IISD Contributes to Inclusive and Resilient Food Security

Food systems are on the front lines of nearly all urgent global challenges. That is why agriculture and food security are such a vital part of IISD’s work.

Brief February 3, 2020

Investment Facilitation: History and the latest developments in the structured discussions

This negotiating brief was prepared for the January 28, 2020 seminar in Geneva on the Joint Statement Initiative on Investment Facilitation.

Report January 31, 2020

E-commerce in the World Trade Organization: History and latest developments in the negotiations under the Joint Statement

This negotiating brief was prepared for the Geneva Seminar held on January 29, 2020, on the Joint Statement Initiative (JSI) devoted to electronic commerce, which involves a group of World Trade Organization (WTO) Members.

Report January 31, 2020

Everyday Manitobans set to improve the health of Lake Winnipeg with innovative tech solutions

Students, developers, designers, scientists, programmers, engineers, technology enthusiasts and entrepreneurs are set to show Manitoba what they're made of by improving the health of one of Canada's most beloved lakes with the 2020 Lake Winnipeg AquaHacking Challenge.

Press release January 30, 2020

Special Event on Health & Climate Change

Special Event on Health & Climate Change co-organized by the IISD Global Subsidies Initiative and the World Health Organization.

Event January 30, 2020

Health benefits far outweigh the costs of meeting China’s climate change goals, experts say

Geneva, January 30 - Researchers from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), together with experts from the World Health Organization (WHO), launched a report highlighting the substantial health gains expected from China’s national climate policies during a Special Event on Health & Climate Change in Geneva.

Press release January 29, 2020

Room to GROW

Monitoring and evaluation of conservation projects, like those funded under the GROW Trust, have typically been underdeveloped, experts say.

IISD in the news January 29, 2020

Geneva Seminar: Joint Statement Initiative on Electronic Commerce

This seminar, held on Wednesday January 29, 2020, focused on the Joint Statement Initiative on Electronic Commerce. It presented the history and developments in the exploratory talks and subsequent negotiations on electronic commerce among a group of WTO Members, a process that was launched at the organization’s Eleventh Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2017.

Webinar January 29, 2020

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