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Investment Laws of ASEAN Countries: A comparative review

This report compares the investment laws of the 10 Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) member states, focusing on basic questions relating to the function of investment laws in each country.

Report December 12, 2017

Winnipeggers’ Need for Better Quality, More Affordable Housing Increases for First Time Since 1996

The number of Winnipeggers in "core housing need" increased to 12.1 per cent in 2016, up from 10.3 per cent in 2011. This is according to new data released by Peg.

Press release December 11, 2017

The Coming EVolution of Road Transport

The transition to electric vehicles will cripple long-entrenched markets and create new ones; it will challenge economic and social systems to adapt at uncomfortable speeds and will be accompanied by significant shifts in geopolitical power and relations.

Policy Analysis December 11, 2017

To Phase Out Coal, World Leaders Should Learn from Tobacco Action

A few countries are set to join the coal phase-out club at the One Planet Summit in Paris on Tuesday, but more levers will be needed to bring major coal users in line.

Insight December 11, 2017

Message to Argentina: Inclusiveness makes better policy

Argentina just revoked the credentials of more than 60 civil society participants for the WTO’s 11th Ministerial Conference. Aaron Cosbey explains why this is a bad idea.

Insight December 11, 2017

Ministerial Segment – Presentation of a Ministerial Declaration on Fossil Fuel Subsidies and Trade

This Ministerial Segment will see a number of countries release an official statement (a Ministerial Declaration) urging the World Trade Organization to make room for fossil fuel subsidy reform in their ongoing discussions.

Event December 11, 2017

Members Call for WTO to Play a Central Role in Ending Inefficient Fossil Fuel Subsidies

A coalition of 12 World Trade Organization Members is urging the WTO today to advance the discussion on fossil fuel subsidies, asking for transparency and reform of inefficient fossil fuel subsidies that encourage wasteful consumption.

Press release December 10, 2017

To phase out coal, world leaders should learn from tobacco action

"Taking the world “beyond coal” will require more than PPCA in its present form. Fortunately, international governance has a useful precedent. Coal phase-out champions should learn from the global action against tobacco."

IISD in the news December 10, 2017

Paris to Paris: Raising climate finance without raising global temperature

What does climate (and broader sustainability) leadership mean today, as we close out a year of ever-increasing emissions and one of the top three hottest years on record?

Insight December 9, 2017

Contracts for Sustainable Infrastructure: Ensuring the economic, social and environmental co-benefits of infrastructure investment projects

This report defines sustainable infrastructure, outlines its expected characteristics and co-benefits, and presents why governments must and how they can integrate sustainability into public–private partnerships (PPP) and other infrastructure contracts.

Report December 8, 2017

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