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sNAPshot | Linking sectoral adaptation planning processes at national and subnational levels: Lessons from Senegal

This sNAPshot takes a closer look at Senegal’s approach to vertical integration, the process of linking national and sub-national adaptation planning through the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) process.

Brief October 1, 2018

Tax Incentives in Mining

This practice note looks at tax incentives in the mining sector to help governments design fiscal regimes for the mining industry that raise sufficient revenue, while providing adequate inducement to invest.

Report October 1, 2018

Monitoring the Value of Mineral Exports

This practice note aims to increase policy-makers knowledge of the process of determining the value of exported minerals and support informed, risk-based government decisions on how best to monitor the value of mineral exports.

Report October 1, 2018

Limiting the Impact of Excessive Interest Deductions on Mining Revenue

This document responds to a concern of many developing countries that multinational enterprises use debt "excessively" in mineral-producing countries as a mechanism to shift profits abroad.

Report October 1, 2018

Can Food Labelling Improvements Reduce Obesity? Belgium Says Yes.

OECD countries have an obesity problem, but the early results of food label change offer hope.

Insight September 27, 2018

Clean Energy Boom Could Fuel One of the World's Dirtiest Industries

A recent report warns the clean energy transition could fuel the emergence of new conflicts over the mining of rare earths, cobalt, lithium, and a host of other much-needed raw materials—unless companies and governments take proactive steps to prevent that from happening.

IISD in the news September 26, 2018

NAFTA Agriculture Clash Distracts From Sustainability Conversation

Following the NAFTA negotiations has been like riding a roller coaster, holding your breath because you don’t know what shock might be coming around the next corner.

Insight September 24, 2018

Water Transfers: What they are and why they need to be better managed

One of the most ambitious responses to the unequal distribution of water around the globe is the large-scale physical transfers of water from one source or basin to another—otherwise known as water transfers. We explore why they happen and how we can manage them better.

Insight September 21, 2018

Advancing Linked Carbon Pricing Instruments: Lessons on governing carbon pricing clubs from non-climate institutions

Report September 21, 2018

G7 promise to kill fossil fuel subsidies hangs over Halifax meetings

As climate change warms the oceans and melts polar ice, rising the seas and provoking extreme storms, G7 members have found themselves unable to share basic facts about their promise to kill off government handouts to carbon-polluting industries.

IISD in the news September 20, 2018

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