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Financing Rural Infrastructure: Priorities and pathways for ending hunger: Investment in Agriculture Policy Brief #7

Read our policy brief to discover how financing infrastructure will help provide food security for the 821 million people estimated to live in hunger worldwide.

Brief December 26, 2018

Fall in oil and gas subsidies: Report

There was a massive increase of Rs 5,770 crore in renewable energy subsidies from 2016 to 2017, which shows that the energy mix in India is gradually changing.

IISD in the news December 22, 2018

Are Healing Crystals Connecting You to the Earth Or Harming It?

Many of the healing crystals on the market right now are actually byproducts of industrial copper, cobalt, and gold mining. Those same mining practices can have significant negative environmental impacts.

IISD in the news December 21, 2018

Investment Treaty News (ITN), Volume 9, Issue 4, December 2018

Investment Treaty News (ITN) is IISD’s flagship journal on international investment law and policy.

Newsletter December 21, 2018

NEW TOOL WILL HELP ENSURE CONTRACT FARMING IS SUCCESSFUL – FOR BUYERS AND FARMERS

Contract farming has been in existence for decades and although not yet widely used in the coffee and cocoa sectors in recent years its use has increased in popularity. But it can have advantages as well as disadvantages that both parties to an agreement need to understand.

IISD in the news December 20, 2018

Applying the Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) Tool to the 9.5 GW Offshore Wind Farm, North Sea, The Netherlands

Applied to the 9.5 GW offshore wind farm in the North Sea, the SAVi tool compares the financial attractiveness of the wind farm with other energy technologies under four different scenarios.

Guide December 20, 2018

Why Climate Risk Disclosure is Key to a Sustainable Economy

It will take significant private sector investment for Canada (and the world) to reach the goals laid out in the Paris Agreement. An important first step to securing that investment is making sure climate risk disclosure becomes mandatory.

Insight December 19, 2018

India's Energy Transition: Subsidies for Fossil Fuels and Renewable Energy, 2018 Update

How have India’s energy subsidy policies changed since 2016? Have they become more or less aligned with India’s desired energy future? How have India’s energy subsidy policies changed since 2016? Have they become more or less aligned with India’s desired energy future?

Report December 19, 2018

Improving and Refocusing Electricity Subsidies: Options for optimization in Mexico

IISD is proud to partner with CONECC German-Mexican Energy Partnership on this report which identifies and evaluates options for reforming Mexico’s electricity subsidies.

Report December 19, 2018

India Energy Subsidy Briefing December 2018

The latest news on energy subsidy issues in India, including draft amendments to the Electricity Act 2003, India poised to exceed renewable energy target and oil subsidy burden potentially on the rise.

Brief December 19, 2018

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There was a massive increase of Rs 5,770 crore in renewable energy subsidies from 2016 to 2017, which shows that the energy mix in India is gradually changing.

Contract farming has been in existence for decades and although not yet widely used in the coffee and cocoa sectors in recent years its use has increased in popularity. But it can have advantages as well as disadvantages that both parties to an agreement need to understand.