Oil Crash Sends New Shock Through World Crippled by Virus
Lower oil prices could allow governments to cut subsidies and increase taxes on fossil-fuel consumption and use revenues to invest in renewable projects, said Ivetta Gerasimchuk at IISD.
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The social and environmental costs of mining for green energy
The transition to so-called green energy has the potential to be anything but green, according to Clare Church, a researcher with the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
Oil Crash Sends New Shock Through World Crippled by Virus
Lower oil prices could allow governments to cut subsidies and increase taxes on fossil-fuel consumption and use revenues to invest in renewable projects, said Ivetta Gerasimchuk at the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
Flood waters leave farmers with nowhere to go
Flooding at Whitewater Lake paints a bleak picture of how poor conservation practices can leave the next generation holding the bag when the weather changes.
IISD at Urban Nature Labs Webinar on Financing Nature-Based Infrastructure
Oshani Perera and Georg Pallaske from the IISD Sustainable Infrastructure program will be speaking on Thursday March 5, 2020, during a webinar run by Urban Nature Labs.
New Climate Action Toolkit Helps Manitoba Business Leaders Seize Opportunity and Mitigate Risk in a Changing Climate
Winnipeg, March 5, 2020 – A new toolkit launched today by the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) and Manitoba Chambers of Commerce (MCC) offers practical guidance and resources that will help Manitoba’s business community prepare for the effects of climate change.
Why it's time to end corporate welfare for Canada's fossil fuel industry
Eliminating fossil fuel subsidies would obviously help Canada achieve its emissions-reduction targets. What's less obvious is how these subsidies undermine our economy, add to the tax burden, and hinder innovation.
Good Morals, Good Marketing: The business case for taking climate action
The family-run Falcon Trails resort in Manitoba is taking its climate action to the next level.
Strengthening Alignment Between Adaptation to Climate Change – Disaster Risk Management – Sustainable Development
Building strategic linkages and coordinating actions of the policy processes will likely maximize the outcome of related goals, increase the effectiveness of different actions, and enable smart use of resources in disaster risk reduction.
Workshop: Exploring the Environmental Components of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to Help Inform the Federal Sustainable Development Strategy
How can the 2030 Agenda assist with tracking sustainability in Canada?