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Health Co-Benefits from NDC Implementation in China

This report summarizes the policy efforts that the country is undertaking to meet its NDC targets and the related expected health co-benefits, based on recent scientific literature. It compares public budget allocations to health, climate change-related measures and subsidies to fossil fuels.

Report January 29, 2020

Global Market Report: Sugar

Voluntary sustainability standard sugar production is on the rise with continued growth expected.

Report January 29, 2020

Global sustainable sugarcane production shows significant growth: report

Ottawa, January 29, 2020 – Corporate sustainable sourcing commitments of leading food manufacturing companies are increasing demand for voluntary sustainability standard (VSS)-compliant sugar, with the sector experiencing a compound annual growth rate of aboiut 52% from 2008 to 2016.

Press release January 28, 2020

Buildings and Construction: A sleeping giant for climate action

Today, the construction and operation of buildings is responsible for 40% of all energy-related carbon dioxide emissions. Energy demand from this sector is expected to grow by another 50% by 2050.

Insight January 28, 2020

Public Sector Spending Could Make or Break Progress on the SDGs: Here’s how

Talk on how to close the USD 2.5–3 trillion funding gap needed to achieve the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) typically focuses on mobilizing private capital. Yet public sector procurement practices could make or break current progress.

Policy Analysis January 28, 2020

Behavioral Insights for Climate Action

Event January 28, 2020

Geneva Seminar: Joint Statement Initiative on Investment Facilitation

This seminar, held on Tuesday January 28, 2020, focused on the Joint Statement Initiative on Investment Facilitation, launched by a group of 70 WTO Members at the organization’s Eleventh Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2017.

Webinar January 28, 2020

Lake research video translated into Ojibway to help promote language as well as science

An environmental science video has been translated to Ojibway and the creators are hoping it sparks youth interest in science and language revitalization.

IISD in the news January 27, 2020

Wave of Investment Into Southeast Asia’s Waste Sector Needed to Stem the Tide of Ocean Plastic

Currently, 82% of global plastic waste flowing into our oceans comes from 19 Southeast Asian countries. Five countries alone account for over half of that total; China, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand.

Policy Analysis January 27, 2020

Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) of a Public Bicycle Sharing System in Dwarka, New Delhi, India: A focus on the environmental, social and economic impacts of non-motorized transport infrastructure

This SAVi assessment values the environmental, social and economic benefits generated by a public bicycle sharing system. Its results demonstrate how the transport system delivers to sustainable mobility targets in Delhi.

Report January 27, 2020

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