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Un groupe de travail du secteur privé demande aux premiers ministres d'élaborer une stratégie d'électrification pour le Canada

Électrifier le Canada, un groupe de travail du secteur privé qui souhaite accélérer l'électrification au pays, demande aux premiers ministres canadiens, par l'entremise du Conseil de la fédération, de diriger la création et la mise en oeuvre d'une stratégie d'électrification nationale.

IISD in the news May 24, 2022

Electrifying Heating in Commercial and Institutional Buildings

Heating buildings is a significant source of greenhouse gas emissions in Canada—emissions that must be mitigated to meet our net-zero targets. About three quarters of this sector’s emissions must be eliminated by 2040, and since most heating equipment installed today is likely to still be running then, there is no time to waste.

Brief May 24, 2022

Canada’s Electrification Advantage in the Race to Net-Zero

Our research identifies targeted opportunities to accelerate the electrification of Canadian businesses, as well as the key barriers inhibiting the pace and scale of progress needed to get on a trajectory to net-zero.

Report May 24, 2022

Disaster Risk Reduction in an Unstable World

Successful disaster risk reduction requires both top-down, institutional changes and strategies and bottom-up, local, community-based approaches.

Deep Dive May 23, 2022

Investing in natural infrastructure for a shared future for all life

The Living Bridge of Meghalaya documents the story of the indigenous Khasi people who trained the living aerial roots of the Indian rubber fig tree to serve as bridges. These living root bridges crisscross rivers that swell in violent monsoons, which would likely wash away any other form of bridge. They have provided reliable and safe passage to local populations for hundreds of years and are a stunning example of natural infrastructure.

IISD in the news May 20, 2022

bneGREEN: Fossil fuel closures needed to stand any chance of meeting 1.5°C target

Ending new oil, gas and coal developments is not enough to achieve net zero by 2050, according to new research. Instead, already built fossil fuel projects must be decommissioned early if climate change is to be limited to 1.5°C, a new study published this week has warned.

IISD in the news May 20, 2022

Synergies Between Biodiversity and Climate Policy Frameworks – A Series of Thematic Papers

These thematic papers have everything policy-makers need to pursue more synergistic responses to address the co-existing challenges of climate change and biodiversity loss.

Report May 20, 2022

New study warns to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, abandon 'developed reserves' of fossil fuels

A new study confirmed that in order to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, there should not only be no new development of oil and gas fields or coal mines, but also abandonment of 40 percent of "developed reserves" of fossil fuels.

IISD in the news May 19, 2022

Fossil fuel extraction must be stopped to limit global warming

New research published in the journal Environmental Research Letters emphasizes the urgency of climate change. The study shows that stopping new oil, gas and coal development isn’t enough. To avoid going over the 1.5°C temperature change limit, not only do new fossil fuel extraction projects need to be stopped, but some existing and approved projects must also be decommissioned.

IISD in the news May 18, 2022

Mining and drilling outside Russia is 'not a viable response' to Ukraine war, climate scientists say

It is now clear that keeping fossil fuels in the ground is the single biggest factor in whether we keep global temperatures below pre-industrial levels- or below 1.5C as it is often referred to. But a new study shows that this means more than just not mining or drilling at new sites.