State of Sustainability Initiatives Review: Standards and the Extractive Economy
This report examines voluntary sustainability initiatives (VSIs), and their aim to promote sustainable production practices in the mining sector.
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Cleaning up Toxic Soils in China: A trillion-dollar question
In its latest effort to address environmental problems, China has adopted its first soil pollution law. However, how to finance the remediation of the damage already done remains a big question.
Correcting years of wrong calculation of energy cost
For years Indonesia has wrongly concluded coal energy is cheaper than renewable energy such as wind and solar energy, IISD expert Lucky Lontoh shares with media.
Experimental Lakes Area receives matching donation of up to $1M
Mike Paterson, Gail Asper and family have announced they will be making a matching, dollar-for-dollar donation of up to $1 million to the International Institute for Sustainable Development's Experimental Lakes Area in northwestern Ontario, Canada.
Alignment to Advance Climate-Resilient Development: Overview Brief 1 Introduction to Alignment
This is the first in a series of briefs focusing on alignment of country efforts under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, the Paris Agreement and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction.
Dr. Michael Paterson, Gail Asper and Family to Match $1,000,000 of Donations to IISD Experimental Lakes Area
Dr. Michael Paterson, Gail Asper and family have just announced that they will match, dollar-for-dollar, $1,000,000 of donations to IISD Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA)—the world’s freshwater laboratory—in northwestern Ontario.
Toxic soil cleanup too expensive for governments
New financial tools and sources must be harnessed to fund soil restoration and remediation projects to improve communities’ health, according to a new series of reports from a coalition of researchers from the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), the Norwegian Institute of Water Research and the Chinese Academy of Environmental Planning (CAEP).
Financing Models for Soil Remediation in China
This report examines seven different types of soil remediation projects in China and provides a "state-of-play" survey of financing models for soil rehabilitation in China.
Green Finance Approaches to Soil Remediation: International examples
A collection of seven case studies on different financing instruments used to support soil remediation projects.
Financing Soil Remediation: Exploring the use of financing instruments to blend public and private capital
A collection of 17 case studies on a variety of financing instruments that blend public and private capital that could be used to finance the remediation of contaminated soil.