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Advisory Services, Technical Support, and Workshops

IISD's international lawyers and policy experts provide training courses, workshops, and a range of advisory services for developing economy officials—covering investment treaties, laws and contracts, negotiations, and dispute prevention and management.

Project January 1, 2017

Public Policy Assessment and Advancing Science-Based Freshwater Protection: Background paper

In January 2017, IISD and the University of Ottawa convened a small group of experts to discuss fresh water in Canada, particularly as it relates to the federal regulatory regime. This paper written by M.P. Trudeau served as the background document for this event.

Report January 1, 2017

Compensation in International Investment Law

As discussions on how to reform the international investment governance regime advance across multiple forums, from United Nations negotiations to individual treaties, one of the critical topics that has emerged is the massive scale of awards.

Project January 1, 2017

Public Procurement and Innovation for Low-Carbon Infrastructure

Project December 31, 2016

Adaptive and Inclusive Watershed Management in East Africa

Improving understanding and capacity to incorporate ecosystem management, gender responsiveness and climate adaptation into watershed management efforts.

Project December 31, 2016

Private Investments and Agriculture: The importance of integrating sustainability into planning and implementation

Recently, we have seen an increase in large-scale investment into agriculture. An important policy question is to what extent these large-scale agricultural investment contribute to improving local livelihoods, as well as economic and environmental conditions.

Brief December 31, 2016

Reactions to Canada's Climate Change Framework: Government leadership

Melissa Harris takes a look at the recent Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, focusing on government leadership.

Insight December 22, 2016

Canada’s climate leadership sets the course toward a more resilient and cleaner economy

"We must peak and bend global emissions as quickly as possible. To this end, we were pleased to see the Canadian government, following the first ministers’ meeting last week, putting forward a comprehensive plan to tackling Canada’s growing greenhouse gas emissions, The Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change."

IISD in the news December 21, 2016

Reactions to Canada's Climate Change Framework: International Leadership

In one in a series of blog posts on the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, Frédéric Gagnon-Lebrun explains what the Framework will mean for Canada's international leadership on climate change.

Insight December 20, 2016

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Person December 19, 2016

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