Prairie water woes need collective action, not more words
Dimple Roy and Jo-Ellen Parry argue in an opinion piece in the Manitoba Cooperator that collective action is the best way to respond to the threat to Manitoba's lakes.
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Is the Indian Government Saving as Much as It Says on Gas Subsidies?
"India is trying to streamline the way it delivers billions of dollars of cheap food, fuel and fertilizer to the poor. It may, however, have overstated its progress so far—by a factor of 100. That’s the conclusion of researchers at the International Institute for Sustainable Development, or IISD, a Canada-based think tank. Their focus is India’s new system of “direct benefit transfers” for supplying cooking gas."
Journey of Awakening
In June 2015, elders and students from Naotkamegwanning (Whitefish Bay) First Nation embarked on a three-day canoe trip to visit sacred sites near IISD-ELA, located within Treaty 3 land in northwestern Ontario.
Rapid Scenario-Planning Exercise to Review Risks of the Agricultural Sector
The brief summarizes the outcomes of a rapid scenario-planning exercise to stress test a series of business risk-management programs under a set of plausible economic, social and environmental conditions.
Environmental and economic impact of British energy policy
Peter Wooders, the director of our Energy program, calls on the UK to stop subsidising fossil fuels.
Deaths in Honduras Underline the Grave Risks Facing Indigenous Leaders
Environmental activists and indigenous leaders face deadly risks in many countries, as recent murders in Honduras demonstrate.
2nd Targeted Topics Forum | National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network
The National Adaptation Plan (NAP) Global Network is holding its second Targeted Topics Forum (TTF) focused on the theme: “Financing NAPs: Options for Implementation.”
Obama passes climate change torch to Trudeau
Scott Vaughan, president of the International Institute for Sustainable Development, said the common ground staked out by Trudeau and Obama is the "the first time in 15, 16 years that you've got two political leaders in Canada and the U.S. that are of the same mind to be able to talk about climate."
Behind the pageantry, Obama and Trudeau try to build a shared legacy
“The U.S. EPA has been moving on this pretty systematically now for three of four years and with the agreement today Canada is going to have to figure out how it’s going to align and get on board,” said Scott Vaughan, president and CEO of the International Institute of Sustainable Development.
Trudeau and Obama’s climate change announcement puts focus on Arctic
“I think there’s been a fundamental shift from Ottawa’s perception of climate related issues,” said Vaughan, who is currently president of the International Institute for Sustainable Development. “In the Arctic it’s profoundly more serious and accelerating more rapidly than anywhere else in the world. We need to move on this urgently.”