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Roadmap for China: Using Green Securitisation, Tax Incentives and Credit Enhancements to Scale Green Bonds

This paper provides specific actions for China’s policymakers to put in place instruments and incentives for green bonds, with a particular focus on how to grow a green securitisation market in China that can access international capital. Specific actions for China draw on domestic and international experience.

Report May 12, 2016

Making Subsidy Reform Work for Women in Nigeria

Kerosene subsidies in Nigeria are inefficient and wasteful—but will kerosene subsidy reform disproportionately affect women, due its primary use as a household lighting and cooking fuel? This policy brief explores principles for making subsidy reform work for women in Nigeria.

Brief May 12, 2016

Fort McMurray Fires: A reminder that we need to prepare for the impacts of climate change

Fort McMurray can be a wake up call—a touchstone that reminds us how critically important it is to invest in preparing for (and even preventing) the next event, and all those that will follow.

Insight May 11, 2016

Sustainable Seafood Market is Surging, Study Finds

Press release May 10, 2016

Reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals—Challenges for OECD Countries. Part 3: Means of Implementation

In part three of a blog series on the challenges that OECD countries face in reporting on their progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals, Mark Halle discusses financing the implementation of goals.

Insight May 10, 2016

State of Sustainability Initiatives Review: Standards and the Blue Economy

This report examines market and performance trends of the nine most prevalent seafood certification schemes, including the Marine Stewardship Council, GLOBAL G.A.P. and Friend of the Sea.

Publication May 10, 2016

Environmental Protection Boosts Productivity

"Adopting an actual price on carbon emissions and incorporating them into the market economy would affect decisions throughout the economy and help prevent harmful climate change."

Insight May 9, 2016

Why We Are Excited About Canada's 2016 Census

Charles Thrift explains why our Knowledge program shares Canadians' enthusiasm for the 2016 Census.

Insight May 9, 2016

How Should We Measure Sustainable Development?

"The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development makes the timeline clear. We have 15 years to hit the targets and meet the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It is a race toward a sustainable future that has already begun."

IISD in the news May 6, 2016

sNAPshot: Philippines's Approach to Initiating Sector Integration of Adaptation Considerations

This sNAPshot looks at how the Philippines initiated sectoral integration of climate change adaptation considerations, and how this compares with approaches that other countries are

Publication May 5, 2016