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Los biocombustibles pierden fuelle en la UE por competir con los alimentos
(Spanish-language article) "Si bien se espera que la Comisión Europea y los productores de combustibles informen cada año de las emisiones por el cambio indirecto del uso de la tierra, Gerasimchuk considera que eso no se puede controlar de forma efectiva y que “la única forma de prevenirlo es detener el consumo de biocombustibles”."
Trade and Green Economy: A handbook (Third Edition)
This joint effort by the International Institute for Sustainable Development and the United Nations Environment Programme is aimed mainly at those with some knowledge about trade, environment or development, but who are not experts on the intersection of the three.
Winnipeg doing well at cutting down water use and waste, study says
"Winnipeggers deserve a pat on the back this Earth Day. A Winnipeg-based environmental think tank crunched the numbers in a city study which concludes we’re good at cutting down water and garbage, two key indicators of environmentally friendly cities. Winnipeg’s doing pretty well, the International Institute on Sustainable Development said in a statement Tuesday."
New Research Shows China Could Reap Significant Benefits by Scaling up Green Public Procurement
BEIJING—20 April 2015—First-of-its kind modeling by the International Institute for Sustainable Development demonstrates the significant environmental, social and economic benefits that China could achieve by leveraging the huge sums involved in public spending.
IMF spring meetings: Greece, oil, and the post-Ebola economic crisis
"Many developing countries subsidize gasoline and other fossil fuels to make them more affordable for consumers - subsidies that cost over $500 billion (460 billion euros) per year according to the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD). That's four times as much as the subsidies for clean, renewable energy."