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Measuring Progress through Data and Narratives: Celebrating the First Anniversary of the 2030 Agenda

"Member States of the United Nations recognized the power of goal setting for achieving objectives through their decision in June 2012, to negotiate a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [...] These decisions embody the expectation that setting goals matters in governance settings, and that data to measure implementation provide critical tools to enable progress towards the goals."

IISD in the news September 29, 2016

Making Every Drop Count: Pakistan’s growing water scarcity challenge

Can climate change risks spur needed action?

Insight September 29, 2016

We all have role to play in protecting lakes

Dimple Roy and Alexis Kanu argue that we need a systematic watershed monitoring process in Manitoba, to ensure the best health for prairie lakes.

IISD in the news September 29, 2016

Catherine Senecal

Person September 27, 2016

WTO Public Forum: Should the development of private standards be more transparent?

This event at the 2016 WTO Public Forum will discuss how reclusive should the WTO allow product standards to be?

Event September 27, 2016

Gender and Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform: Current status of research

Little is known about the gender differentiated impacts of fossil fuel subsidy reforms. This review takes stock of existing knowledge, identifies knowledge gaps and sets out plans for future research in this area.

Report September 27, 2016

Vickie Roberts

Person September 23, 2016

Bayer Tightens Control Over the World’s Food Supply

Bayer recently succeeded in a US$ 66 billion takeover bid of Monsanto—the biggest deal this year. While the public wants competitive prices, innovation and choice, these mergers block all three.

Insight September 23, 2016

How to save free trade from itself

"What the world needs now is a dedicated effort to make new international economic agreements responsive to the sustainable and inclusive development agenda set out globally in 2015."

IISD in the news September 22, 2016

How Policy Coherence Helps The SDG Wheels Turn

"Now is the time to make sure that the right policies and processes are in place to guide sustainable development according to the timeline that the 2030 Agenda requires -- there can be no time for confusion or delay."

IISD in the news September 21, 2016

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