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Green Public Procurement in China: Making the case for implementation through the quantification of the potential economic, social and environmental multiplier benefits
IISD and green public procurement stakeholders in China are of the view that the awareness of Chinese policy-makers needs to be raised about the positive externalities and the positive environmental, social and economic multipliers that could be realized through GPP.
Green Public Procurement in Bhutan: A cross sectoral strategy for sustainable industrial competitiveness
Establishing a strategic approach to scaling up public demand for environmentally and socially preferable goods, services and infrastructure in Bhutan.
The CETA text: Devil’s still in the details
In his second op-ed in a week, Howard Mann wrote a rebuttal to Ailish Campbell, VP of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives, who argued that Canada's NAFTA experience shows no need for alarm on CETA. Mann warns of the risks of including a "most-favoured nation" clause in the agreement.
The great biofuels scandal
"Biofuels are inefficient, cause hunger and air pollution, and cost taxpayers billions." Bjørn Lomborg, director of the Copenhagen Consensus Centre, cites IISD's 2013 EU biofuels study which found that, "A full 92 per cent of the carbon dioxide "saved" is just emitted elsewhere. For biodiesel alone, the net effect would likely be an increase in emissions.