Three Ways COVID-19 Is Shaping Sustainable Development
This pandemic and the global recovery from it will impact the future of sustainable development. Here are three key themes that are emerging.
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The Time is Right for New, Low-Carbon Investments
Instead of a bailout for Canada's oil and gas sector, government and industry should pursue investments that will help develop new energy solutions and markets: IISD's Richard Florizone in The Hill Times.
Who Will Pay for Alberta's Orphan Wells?
Alberta's orphan wells require proper decommissioning to prevent harm to the environment and surrounding communities. Who will pay for this?
Webinar on Termination and Renegotiation of Investment Treaties
This webinar involved a discussion on the termination and renegotiation of investment treaties, including the presentation of a paper from our Best Practices Series, entitled Terminating a Bilateral Investment Treaty.
Help Canada’s workers now—but don’t lock us into a high-carbon future
Times of high unemployment and low interest rates are the right time for new, low-carbon investments and infrastructure.
IISD Best Practices Series: Terminating a Bilateral Investment Treaty
This paper examines recent state practice in bilateral investment treaty (BIT) terminations and related drafting, along with presenting options for states interested in addressing their stock of older BITs through termination and renegotiation.
Expert Consultation with Financial Service Providers: Understanding the sustainability issues agricultural producers need to consider to be investment ready and access finance
This paper presents the results of a consultation that IISD's State of Sustainability Initiatives (SSI) conducted with over 50 financial service providers in order to better understand the risks and sustainability issues that they consider relevant when assessing finance requests from agricultural producers.
Who are the 2,000 people that are afraid to get tested for COVID-19?
One metre, that is the standard set by the WHO for social distancing. Yet there are people who live in dilapidated squalors, crammed together in dirty rooms with people lying together like sardines in a can.
Exploring the Trade Impacts of Fossil Fuel Subsidies
How do fossil fuel subsidies affect competitiveness and trade in various markets, and what is the likely scale of such impacts? This paper sheds light on the relevance of fossil fuel subsidies from an international trade policy perspective, in particular for the WTO.
Climate Change, the Natural Environment, and the Green Transition
IISD is driving policy change at the intersection of trade, climate change, and the natural environment.