New research examines gaps in tool used to fight climate change
A life-cycle assessment is the best tool available for evaluating the greenhouse gas emissions of building products and designs. But the tool has its limits.
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Comments to the Proposals for Amendment of the ICSID Arbitration Rules
This commentary focuses on select aspects of the ICSID Secretariat's March 15, 2019 draft proposals for amendment of the ICSID Arbitration Rules.
In Medellin, Cable Cars Transformed Slums—In Rio, They Made Them Worse
In city halls across Latin America, Medellin has a reputation for making miracles happen. Colombia’s second city, which was previously infamous for drug and gang violence, has transformed some of its most dangerous slums with a cable car system. Built in the early 2000s, the MetroCable connects the city centre to the sprawling hilltop slums - "barrios" - on the city’s outskirts, the most violent of which used to be Santa Domingo.
Implications for the Caribbean: Fisheries subsidies negotiations at the WTO
The workshop will assemble policy-makers from across the Caribbean region and experts for an in-depth discussion of WTO fisheries subsidies negotiations.
Shifting to Below 2°C Economies: Strategies for just energy transitions
This event aims to discuss and identify successful approaches for just energy transitions.
Communications and Awareness Strategies: Raising awareness about the health impacts of coal in Indonesia
This brief showcases examples of communications and awareness strategies for air pollution in India and China, with a focus on lessons that can be drawn for Indonesians looking to raise the level of public focus on air pollution issues in Indonesia.
South Africa: Is a transition away from coal just around the corner?
In South Africa, coal has long been king, but emerging factors suggest the fossil fuel may soon be pushed off its throne.
Dead Batteries Deserve a Second Life
Batteries should be recycled, so the valuable minerals therein—including cobalt and lithium—can stay in the economy.