Engaging the Private Sector in National Adaptation Planning Processes
This study aims to offer guidance to governments and their partners on how to engage the private sector in the NAP process.
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Webinar: Developments in Investment Negotiations, Dispute Settlement and Reform: A practitioner's perspective
The fifth session of IISD’s Webinar Series on Investment Law and Policy is taking place on April 16, 2019, at 9:00 a.m. EDT / 3:00 p.m. CEST. The webinar features a presentation from George Kahale III, Chairman, Curtis, Mallet-Prevost, Colt & Mosle LLP, who was one of the speakers at the 12th Annual Forum of Developing Country Investment Negotiators in February 2019.
Learn About Groundbreaking New Research Into Oil Spills at the World’s Freshwater Laboratory
Vince Palace is inviting all those who are interested in science and protecting fresh water to join IISD Experimental Lakes Area for a public presentation at Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, on exciting upcoming research on oil spills.
Sustainable Public Procurement Management at the University of Rome Tor Vergata
The purpose of this course is to enable participants to appreciate that sustainable public procurement is about making purchasing and investment decisions based on trade-offs.
New research examines gaps in tool used to fight climate change
A life-cycle assessment is the best tool available for evaluating the greenhouse gas emissions of building products and designs. But the tool has its limits.
Comments to the Proposals for Amendment of the ICSID Arbitration Rules
This commentary focuses on select aspects of the ICSID Secretariat's March 15, 2019 draft proposals for amendment of the ICSID Arbitration Rules.
In Medellin, Cable Cars Transformed Slums—In Rio, They Made Them Worse
In city halls across Latin America, Medellin has a reputation for making miracles happen. Colombia’s second city, which was previously infamous for drug and gang violence, has transformed some of its most dangerous slums with a cable car system. Built in the early 2000s, the MetroCable connects the city centre to the sprawling hilltop slums - "barrios" - on the city’s outskirts, the most violent of which used to be Santa Domingo.
Implications for the Caribbean: Fisheries subsidies negotiations at the WTO
The workshop will assemble policy-makers from across the Caribbean region and experts for an in-depth discussion of WTO fisheries subsidies negotiations.
Shifting to Below 2°C Economies: Strategies for just energy transitions
This event aims to discuss and identify successful approaches for just energy transitions.