Financing Rural Infrastructure: Priorities and pathways for ending hunger
Read our report to discover how new financial instruments can support a decentralized and robust infrastructure base for farmers, food processors and rural communities.
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Financing Rural Infrastructure: Priorities and pathways for ending hunger: Investment in Agriculture Policy Brief #7
Read our policy brief to discover how financing infrastructure will help provide food security for the 821 million people estimated to live in hunger worldwide.
Fall in oil and gas subsidies: Report
There was a massive increase of Rs 5,770 crore in renewable energy subsidies from 2016 to 2017, which shows that the energy mix in India is gradually changing.
Are Healing Crystals Connecting You to the Earth Or Harming It?
Many of the healing crystals on the market right now are actually byproducts of industrial copper, cobalt, and gold mining. Those same mining practices can have significant negative environmental impacts.
Investment Treaty News (ITN), Volume 9, Issue 4, December 2018
Investment Treaty News (ITN) is IISD’s flagship journal on international investment law and policy.
NEW TOOL WILL HELP ENSURE CONTRACT FARMING IS SUCCESSFUL – FOR BUYERS AND FARMERS
Contract farming has been in existence for decades and although not yet widely used in the coffee and cocoa sectors in recent years its use has increased in popularity. But it can have advantages as well as disadvantages that both parties to an agreement need to understand.
Applying the Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) Tool to the 9.5 GW Offshore Wind Farm, North Sea, The Netherlands
Applied to the 9.5 GW offshore wind farm in the North Sea, the SAVi tool compares the financial attractiveness of the wind farm with other energy technologies under four different scenarios.
Why Climate Risk Disclosure is Key to a Sustainable Economy
It will take significant private sector investment for Canada (and the world) to reach the goals laid out in the Paris Agreement. An important first step to securing that investment is making sure climate risk disclosure becomes mandatory.
India's Energy Transition: Subsidies for Fossil Fuels and Renewable Energy, 2018 Update
How have India’s energy subsidy policies changed since 2016? Have they become more or less aligned with India’s desired energy future? How have India’s energy subsidy policies changed since 2016? Have they become more or less aligned with India’s desired energy future?
Improving and Refocusing Electricity Subsidies: Options for optimization in Mexico
IISD is proud to partner with CONECC German-Mexican Energy Partnership on this report which identifies and evaluates options for reforming Mexico’s electricity subsidies.