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Government Policies are Discouraging Adaptation to Climate Change

"Unless these perverse risk-shifting incentives are replaced with measures that strongly promote precautionary adaptation before disasters strike, climate change damages are likely to make the Wall Street meltdown seem like a minor blip."

Insight June 8, 2016

Meeting Canada's Subsidy Phase-Out Goal: What it means in Ontario

IISD examines some of the fossil fuel subsidies in place in Ontario, how the government is responding to them and where more can be done.

Policy Analysis June 8, 2016

Winnipeg: A bikeable, walkable city?

"Statistics Canada commuter surveys from 2011 show about 7.6 per cent of Winnipeggers walk or bike to work as their primary mode of transportation—Bike Winnipeg will tell you the number has increased since then."

IISD in the news June 8, 2016

More Winnipeggers Walk or Bike to Work than National Average

Press release June 7, 2016

IISD Commends Ontario’s Ambitious Climate Change Action Plan

Press release June 7, 2016

The Water Brothers Explore Climate Change at IISD-ELA

At the end of May 2016, the Water Brothers visited IISD Experimental Lakes Area to shoot an episode on the impact of climate change on fresh water. They performed some of the science themselves, spoke with researchers, shot our beautiful vistas and, most importantly, met our fish.

Insight June 6, 2016

sNAPshot: Grenada's Approach to Initiating Sector Integration of Adaptation Considerations

Brief June 6, 2016

Shaping the Contribution of the Trade System to the 2030 Agenda

Trade and trade policy are central to transforming our world, the objective of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.With the substance of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda (AAAA) finalised, policy-making attention has now turned to implementation and to how progress against these important commitments made will be measured and reviewed.

Event June 3, 2016

Geneva 2030 Ecosystem

The Geneva 2030 Ecosystem is a multistakeholder initiative that mobilizes the capacity, skills, experience, ideas and motivation of Geneva-based actors towards realizing the 2030 Agenda.

Project June 1, 2016

IISD Welcomes Environment Commissioner’s Call for Canada to Build Climate Resilience

Press release May 31, 2016

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