Winnipeg Forum to Determine How Canada Should Advance Natural Infrastructure
Experts from across the nation are meeting in Winnipeg at Canada’s first-ever Natural Infrastructure Forum.
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Making Winnipeg a Smart City With New Technologies
We asked four members of our Winnipeg team how they would tackle some of Winnipeg’s most pressing issues: This is what they came up with.
Meet 2018’s Top 30 Under 30 in Sustainability
One act at a time, these winners are tackling the big sustainability problems of our day and have no plans on stopping.
Reply to Public Consultation on Canada's International Investment Agreements (FIPAs)
The Canadian government launched a public consultation on Canada’s foreign investment promotion and protection agreements (FIPAs) on August 14, 2018. This commentary outlines IISD's reply.
Kaptur’s bill in Ohio doesn't get to the root causes of what plagues our lakes
Limiting microcystin in our water supplies is a noble endeavour, but it is a Band-Aid that highlights a more pressing need — to tackle the overarching issue of algal blooms in our bodies of water.
Can’t Fight the Moonlight? Actually, You Can
The earthquake started in earnest in November 2017. At its epicentre was a report, published in November 2017 by two researchers at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
New Restrictions on Arbitral Appointments for Sitting ICJ Judges
The Court’s change of direction follows a report released by the International Institute for Sustainable Development in November 2017 highlighting that sitting ICJ judges had acted as arbitrators in 90 investor-State disputes.
Are we content to fight a rear-guard action on biodiversity?
How can nature be placed at the heart of development to enhance social justice and biodiversity conservation?
New Horizons for IISD President and CEO, Scott Vaughan
Scott Vaughan will be leaving the organization to become the new International Chief Advisor of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) in 2019.
Farmers prefer provincial carbon tax to Ottawa’s
Manitoba’s plan, which Premier Brian Pallister withdrew Oct. 4, would have exempted not only fuels burned in farm equipment, but in grain dryers and livestock barns.