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Throwing the Chocolate Bar Out with the Bathwater: Cadbury’s transition to an in-house sustainability standard

This commentary explains how Cadbury’s recent decision to develop its own inhouse sustainability standard rather than continue to rely on Fairtrade International certification is a great step backwards for global cocoa sustainability.

Policy Analysis January 30, 2017

As U.S. and Canadian Climate Policies Diverge, How Do We Ensure Canada’s Competitiveness?

With relatively new administrations on both sides of the border, the United States and Canada have staked out opposing views on climate change. That has environmentalists and businesses worried. This has potentially damaging consequences for Canada’s trade competitiveness.

Insight January 27, 2017

Expert Alert: Mercury and Fresh Water

IISD Experimental Lakes Area is able to offer expertise to media on the effects of mercury on fresh water.

Press release January 26, 2017

Durwood Zaelke Talks HFCs, Kigali and Multilateralism

The Montreal Protocol was recently amended to set up a pathway to phase out HFCs after talks in Kigali, Rwanda. We spoke with Durwood Zaelke, who was present at the talks and highly instrumental in the process, to give us an inside look into the Kigali talks, explain why phasing out HFCs is so important and indicate where we go from here.

Insight January 26, 2017

Our future wealth is dwindling – one barrel at a time

"“It was our natural capital that drove us into first place,” says Robert Smith, lead author of a study done in conjunction with the International Institute for Sustainable Development that looks at Canada in terms of its comprehensive wealth."

IISD in the news January 25, 2017

Taller UNASUR-IISD sobre Solución de Controversias en Materia de Inversiones

Event January 25, 2017

UNASUR-IISD Workshop on the Settlement of Investment Disputes

Event January 25, 2017

Introducing the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network

This video introduces the National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network, whose secretariat is hosted by the IISD Resilience program.

Insight January 23, 2017

Automated mining will cost jobs and tax income: it's time for governments to act

“If you’re moving from mines that employ 5,000 to 10,000 people down to 500 or 1,000, then you’re obviously not going to get the same amount of local jobs,” says Howard Mann, senior adviser on international law at International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and co-author of a recent study on the impact of automation in the mining sector."

IISD in the news January 20, 2017

IGF releases guidance to help governments manage artisanal and small-scale mining

Governments struggling to manage the complex and sometimes chaotic artisanal and small scale-mining sector have a new toolkit: a guidance developed by the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF).

Press release January 18, 2017

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