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5 things Canada could defund to pay for an epic just transition

These days, anyone proposing ambitious new social programs—not to mention a generation-defining agenda like the Green New Deal—is bound to be met with a particular refrain of concern-trolling: "but how are you gonna pay for it?"
IISD in the news January 20, 2023

LNG the wrong choice at the wrong time for B.C.

As 2023 begins, B.C. Premier David Eby and his new cabinet are setting priorities and determining which policies of the Horgan government to carry forward and which to cast aside. Liquefied natural gas exports touch on a host of critical issues that Eby and key ministers are considering.
IISD in the news January 19, 2023

IISD Announces New Executive Team

The International Institute for Sustainable Development is pleased to announce the formation of a new Executive Team, which will support the achievement of our five-year strategic plan, usher the institute through a period of exciting growth, and ensure an integrated approach to our work.
Statement January 19, 2023

Consumer demand driving cotton sustainability standards

A new report from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) highlights the continuing year-on-year rise in the adoption of voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) among cotton growers.
IISD in the news January 19, 2023

New Chapter Ahead for IISD President and CEO Richard Florizone

The International Institute for Sustainable Development and its Board of Directors announce today that Richard Florizone, IISD’s President and CEO, will be leaving the organization in the second quarter of 2023 and taking up an advisory role with World Energy GH2, developing Canada’s first commercial green hydrogen production.
Statement January 19, 2023

Wyden investigation of fish contamination is an important step

I am pretty accustomed to reading headlines detailing the latest health issues plaguing our freshwater fish. It comes with the territory as an ecotoxicologist working on the health of North America's relatively abundant, but certainly not infinite, freshwater supplies.
IISD in the news January 17, 2023

Sustainable cotton sector continues to grow, bring farmers higher incomes

Consumers and companies across the planet are increasingly choosing cotton produced in accordance with voluntary sustainability standards (VSSs) such as Better Cotton or Cotton made in Africa, according to new research from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
IISD in the news January 16, 2023

Achieving Sustainable Food Systems in a Global Crisis: Ethiopia

This report presents an evidence based and costed country roadmap for effective public interventions to transform agriculture and food systems in Ethiopia in a way that ends hunger, makes diets healthier and more affordable, improves the productivity and incomes of small-scale producers and their households, and mitigates and adapts to climate change.
Report January 16, 2023