Rising from the ashes: Canada’s Experimental Lakes Area
IISD-ELA’s Michael Rennie celebrates the future of the Experimental Lakes Area under IISD’s operation.
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Female entrepreneurs ‘an amazing engine for economic growth’
“Governments award procurement contracts for goods and services to a range of businesses. These contracts can comprise “everything from office supplies to jet fighters to consultants”, according to the International Institute for Sustainable Development.”
Why the political winds are shifting on climate change
Dave Sawyer: “But one has to ask why so many world leaders would come together to talk climate change a full year and a half ahead of the Paris conference? There are three important drivers likely underpinning this renewed political interest…”
Canada trails U.S. in coal electricity policy
Phil Gass speaks to Business News Network TV about Canadian and US coal policy.
Why governments must lead on climate change
IISD senior fellow and associate Simon Zadek writes for the World Economic forum’s blog.
UN Climate Summit: A 'game-changer' for global warming?
"Everybody is absolutely focused on what needs to be done practically, concretely to get an agreement in 2015," [Scott Vaughan] said in an interview with CBC News, referring to the next key climate conference to be held in Paris next year. Earlier in the week, Scott also spoke with CBC about US and Canada coal policy.
Performance-Based Specifications: Exploring when they work and why
This report seeks to contribute to the discussion on innovation and sustainable public procurement
Green Economy Isn’t Rocket Science – And It’s Not Even Costly
IPS speaks with Robert Repetto who argues, just before the UN Climate Summit, that “[a]cting on climate change will not hurt domestic economic growth, and in fact is more likely to boost growth.”