Disrupting Davos
'What will be protested this year at the World Economic Forum in Davos?' asks Simon Zadek.
'What will be protested this year at the World Economic Forum in Davos?' asks Simon Zadek.
"Best known for saving the Experimental Lake Area, the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development was also among the first think-tanks with a global reach to paint the economy green. We sat down with Henry David Venema, IISD's chief scientist and vice-president for business development, to talk about environmental challenges facing Manitoba."
"Philip Gass, a senior researcher at the International Institute for Sustainable Development, said the impression outside of Canada is that strong climate policy is expected to emerge from the province over the coming months."
A look at some of the research on the horizon at IISD-ELA.
"Right now, the easiest market is for the replacement of coal," Grosshans said. (The province's ban on coal for heating takes effect July 1, 2017.) "Cattail is an excellent biomass heat source, like wood."
"Almost 96% of those surveyed in a pilot project by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) found the DBT required too much paperwork, requests from multiple authorities for a range of documents including electricity bills, ration cards, bank passbooks and identification cards. This represents a non-trivial cost to access the reengineered process."
Senior Fellow Dr. Harsha Singh speaks to the Globe and Mail about megaregional deals.
“The Canadian boreal is the world’s largest remaining intact terrestrial ecosystem,” said Dr. Hank Venema, chief scientist at IISD, “Manitoba has a big piece of it and it is really only now coming under pressure from development. Manitobans want to see their economy and communities prosper, but want it done in a way that is respectful of the land and the people who live on it. We have in this province a unique opportunity to look forward, to strive for—and achieve—the right balance between development and conservation. To get things right where in many other places it has gone wrong.”
"A new poll suggests most Manitobans favour conservation of the province's boreal forest. The poll, done by Probe Research for the International Institute for Sustainable Development, showed 88% of Manitobans believe at least half of the boreal should be protected, with 55% saying the level of protection should be even greater. That view is consistent across party lines, the poll found."
"Over the past ten years, the number of Winnipeggers using their feet as their primary mode of transportation to work has decreased from 7.92 per cent to 7.51 per cent, according to Peg Data. However, 21.8 per cent of downtown residents hop on their bike or lace up their shoes."