This report analyzes practices and challenges of green public procurement in South Africa and provides recommendations for leveraging public spending to advance sustainability.
IISD's Trade program brought together its funders to review the team's impact, explore strategic opportunities, address challenges, and plan for the future.
The Fourth Financing for Development Conference (FfD4) in July 2025 is crucial to tackle sovereign debt issues. With 35 low-income countries in debt distress, urgent relief and global debt reforms are needed. Clear, actionable commitments must be made for effective debt relief and restructuring.
Get inspired by two nature-based solutions for climate adaptation projects that integrate gender equality and social inclusion considerations at various stages of implementation.
Under threat of a trade war with the United States, where energy security is top of mind, political pressure to revive fossil fuel megaprojects is growing—even as major pipeline companies say they have no immediate plans to resurrect dead projects. IISD senior associate Aaron Cosbey says it would be "insane" to counter the Trump threat by building more pipelines.
This article analyzes key decisions made at the latest round of negotiations for a UN Convention on Tax and explores how the convention can be most effective tackling the challenges of developing countries.
On the first day of the conference, countries adopted the Compromiso de Sevilla, an agreement set to guide financing for development over the next decade.