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Climate Risk Profile: Greater Virunga Landscape

A climate risk profile for the Greater Virunga Landscape examining the observed and projected climate hazards, impacts on ecosystems, biodiversity, and livelihoods, and potential nature-based solutions for adaptation.

Report August 16, 2026

Province investing $2M to ‘ensure northwestern Ontario remains a global leader in freshwater science and research’

The Government of Ontario is making a targeted investment to “strengthen northern Ontario's leadership in freshwater science, support research and innovation and create new educational and economic opportunities in the region.” On Aug. 13, the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC) — a regional granting subsidiary of the provincial government — announced that it will be investing $2 million to build a new Centre for Climate and Lake Learning at the International Institute for Sustainable Development Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA), which is located about halfway between Kenora and Dryden.

IISD in the news August 14, 2026

Climate Risk Profile: Kavango-Zambezi Landscape

A climate risk profile for the Kavango-Zambezi (KAZA) Landscape examining the observed and projected climate hazards, impacts on ecosystems, biodiversity, and livelihoods, and potential nature-based solutions for adaptation.

Report August 14, 2026

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Person August 14, 2026

Summary Report | Natural Solutions for Water Security: Canada’s policy path forward

Summary of Natural Solutions for Water Security: Canada’s Policy Path Forward, highlighting key opportunities and an emerging action agenda to scale natural infrastructure.

Brief August 14, 2026

Canadians increasingly feeling effects of water-related challenges and want governments to act: New poll

Almost three in four Canadians say improving water infrastructure is urgent, with growing support for natural infrastructure solutions.

Press release August 12, 2026

Celebrating Progress and Accelerating Action: Redirecting public support for nature-positive food systems

This event, on the sidelines of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) intersessional negotiations, convened governments and experts to discuss reforming public support in the food and agriculture sector.

Conference August 10, 2026

Unlocking Transformative Change: Turning global commitments into action to reform subsidies harmful to biodiversity

This side event to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) intersessional negotiations focused on accelerating progress toward reforming harmful subsidies and scaling up incentives to protect biodiversity.

Conference August 10, 2026

A Guide to Guarantees for Sovereign Debtors

A guide to deploying sovereign guarantees to mobilize capital and support sustainable development while managing fiscal risks.

Report August 10, 2026

Through Their Eyes

Across Belize, women, young people, and other underrepresented groups are documenting how climate change is affecting their communities and how they are responding. Through mobile photography and storytelling, participants in the Climate Adaptation and Protected Areas (CAPA) Initiative’s storytelling project are sharing their experiences in their own words, offering a personal look at resilience and adaptation in action.

Digital Story August 10, 2026

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