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A Brave New World of Border Carbon Adjustments

This T+S Hub session gathered experts, policymakers, and industry leaders to discuss the challenges, opportunities, and implications of BCAs in global decarbonization efforts, focusing on priorities for international cooperation.

Webinar February 27, 2024

You’re Not Off the Hook, WTO!: Why fisheries subsidies rules matter more than ever

This T+S Hub session delved into the importance of the additional rules for the WTO fisheries subsidies agreement, slated for discussion during MC13, and analyzed the progress toward another historic agreement for the oceans.

Webinar February 27, 2024

Rethinking Incentives for Sustainable Investment in Lao PDR

A high-level capacity-building workshop on the design and use of tax incentives as an investment promotion tool in Lao PDR.

Workshop February 27, 2024

Trade and Sustainability Hub 2024

We ran our third Trade + Sustainability Hub alongside the Thirteenth WTO Ministerial Conference (MC13). It brought together thought leaders from both within and outside governments for a series of conversations on the challenges of building cooperative trade policy that delivers for sustainable development.

Conference February 27, 2024

Q&A: What progress has been made on protecting nature a year on from COP15?

It has been more than one year since the gavel came down at the last UN biodiversity summit, where almost every country in the world agreed on a plan to protect nature.

IISD in the news February 22, 2024

Indira Urazova

Person February 22, 2024

Sewage leak into Red River slows after 2nd pump installed, City of Winnipeg says

A sewage leak that has dumped hundreds of millions of litres of untreated sewage into the Red River has slowed dramatically after crews installed a second pump on a bypass system, the City of Winnipeg says.

IISD in the news February 22, 2024

UK leaves pro-fossil fuel Energy Charter Treaty

The UK has joined nine EU member states in exiting the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT), a controversial investment pact weaponized by big emitters to sue governments — most recently for phasing out fossil fuels.

IISD in the news February 22, 2024

Measures to Enhance Forest Conservation and Reduce Deforestation

This report outlines and compares various policy measures that Costa Rica, Gabon, Indonesia, Peru, and Rwanda have put in place to address deforestation.

Report February 22, 2024

The Dangers of Cleaning Products We Don't Discuss | Opinion

In many ways, the COVID-19 pandemic is not over yet. While the world may seem to have moved on when it comes to our quotidian practices, we never fail to be struck by the continuing prevalence of sanitizers, masks, tests, and cleaning agents present in places of work, homes, and stores. What impact does this have on our environment?

IISD in the news February 21, 2024

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