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Investment-Related Dispute Settlement: Towards an inclusive multilateral approach

This document outlines results from an IISD expert meeting discussing investment-related dispute settlement which was held in Montreux, Switzerland, May 23–24, 2016.

Report October 18, 2016

Turning Down the Temperature: Freezing HFCs as a critical step in climate action

This past week, climate negotiators gathered in Rwanda's capital Kigali to once again test the international community’s political resolve to tackle climate change, this time on a class of short-lived greenhouse gases called hydrofluorocarbons.

Insight October 17, 2016

Ending world hunger is within reach: Study finds it will cost only USD 11 billion more a year

Ending world hunger is within reach, according to a new study that found it will cost USD 11 billion a year to feed hundreds of millions of needy people.

Press release October 16, 2016

Basic human right to food in focus at CMHR for World Food Day

"The Prairie Climate Centre is a collaborative initiative of the Institute for Sustainable Development, where Venema has been chief scientist since 2014, the University of Winnipeg and other partners with the mission to identify and implement ways to mitigate against climate change in Western Canada."

IISD in the news October 16, 2016

Ending Hunger: What would it cost?

The International Institute for Sustainable Development and the International Food Policy Research Institute joined forces to estimate what it would cost to end hunger, and the contribution that donors need to make.

Brief October 14, 2016

Paul Fafard

Person October 12, 2016

Maria Martirez

Person October 12, 2016

Hurricane Matthew: What role for resilience building?

As the international development community, national and local stakeholders join efforts to respond to storms, a focus on resilience building can be useful in four key ways,

Insight October 10, 2016

A Sliver of Light in a Controversial Nuclear Power Arbitration

A phase-out of nuclear power has triggered a controversial legal dispute with Vattenfall, a Swedish state-owned energy company, which operated and owned two nuclear reactors. The legal proceedings have so far been highly secrete, but that is changing with a decision to open up the hearings to the public.

Insight October 10, 2016

Achieving the SDGs: Can we manage the pace?

The suite of global agreements adopted last year mostly focused on the coming 15-year period. So the question arises—can the intergovernmental community manage the pace necessary for success in the short time frame available?

Insight October 7, 2016

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