Manitoba Prairie Lakes: Eutrophication and in-lake remediation treatments Literature Review
Eutrophication—the enrichment of ecosystems with chemical nutrients—has deteriorated water quality in many of Manitoba’s lakes.
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Fiscal Instruments in INDCs: How countries are looking to fiscal policies to support INDC implementation
Countries are increasingly turning to the use of fiscal instruments to support low-carbon development and efforts to reduce emissions.
Why Private Sector Reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals is Important
Goals and targets to advance corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability have been widely embraced by the private sector.
Promoting Sustainable Investments in Agriculture: Legal and policy options in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
Hooray for the Paris climate agreement! Now what?
"Laura Merrill, a senior researcher who worked on the report, told me global emissions likely would drop at least 10% if all fossil fuels subsides were cut. "I think it is the elephant in the boardroom, really," she said. "It's about $500 billion (in subsidies) downstream to consumers and about $100 billion (in subsidies) upstream to producers. That's a huge amount of financing" that could be used for renewable energy."
IISD Experimental Lakes Area and Climate Change brochure
IISD Experimental Lakes Area brings a 47 year (1969–present) history of monitoring climate, water quality and fisheries in a unique whole-ecosystem laboratory setting.
Unsolicited Proposals in Infrastructure: A growing reality for governments, requiring robust management frameworks
Unsolicited proposals for infrastructure give rise to significant concerns related to transparency, quality and fair competition in public procurement.
New Peg report shows that poverty triples the chances of dying before age 75
WINNIPEG—December 8, 2015—A new Peg report shows that differences in individual circumstances, such as income, dramatically impact life expectancy – with those in the highest-income bracket living, on average, nearly 20 years longer than those in the lowest.