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Emerging Stories of Big Data for Resilience Building: Dar Ramani Huria

In the unplanned and informal settlements that abound in Dar es Salaam, flooding causes heavy losses in livelihoods and infrastructure. What does Big Data have to do with this?

Insight June 6, 2018

New poll shows Canadians want to end public subsidies for oil and gas companies

New polling shows that Canadians are strongly opposed to federal and provincial governments using public dollars to subsidize oil and gas companies.

Report June 6, 2018

Beating Plastic Pollution: If you can't reuse it, refuse it

June 5 marks World Environment Day, with a focus on reducing the heavy burden plastic pollution places on nature, wildlife and human health. This blog explains four ways we can all make a difference.

Insight June 4, 2018

IISD Contributes to the Annual Meeting of the New Development Bank

The New Development Bank (NDB), located in Shanghai, has an important opportunity to advance sustainable development through its project lending and related knowledge functions.

Policy Analysis June 4, 2018

G7 Fossil Fuel Subsidy Scorecard: Tracking the phase-out of fiscal support and public finance for oil, gas and coal

While progress is being made to transition away from fossil fuels, this analysis shows that G7 governments continue to provide at least USD 100 billion in subsidies and public finance to the production and use of coal, oil and gas that may hinder or delay these shifts.

Brief June 4, 2018

OPINION: Funneling infrastructure money through ‘climate lens’ far-sighted

The Government of Canada announced Friday that it is adopting a “climate lens” for new federally supported infrastructure projects. This climate lens goal is to make climate change considerations part of the planning and development of new infrastructure projects. This is a welcome and overdue initiative for Canada.

IISD in the news June 1, 2018

Model Agreement for Responsible Contract Farming

A simple and practical legal tool for buyers and producers to improve their business relations and to help make responsible agricultural investment a reality.

Project June 1, 2018

Help Secure the Future of Fresh Water this June with the Great Canadian Giving Challenge

The future of our fresh water depends on the crucial and unique science at IISD Experimental Lakes Area. This June, your support can help nuture those scientists of the future.

Event June 1, 2018

In export- and domestic-driven coal boon, Indonesia neglects renewables

Indonesia will miss its target of generating 23 percent of its energy from new and renewable sources by 2025 unless it makes significant policy and regulatory changes, according to a report from the Geneva-based Global Subsidies Initiative (GSI) of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).

IISD in the news May 30, 2018

The Health Cost of Coal in Indonesia

This paper looks at the health impacts of coal, including related non-communicable diseases and their costs to Indonesians, suggesting several ways the country could reduce coal's negative impacts.

Report May 30, 2018

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