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Standards: An Opportunity for Biodiversity Protection

Voluntary sustainability standards have a strong potential for supporting efforts to protect biological diversity. But policy makers to become watchdogs and regulators if this potential is to be realized.
Insight May 19, 2017

New toolkit to help govts manage small-scale mining sector

"Governments struggling to manage the complex and sometimes chaotic artisanal and small-scale mining sector have a new toolkit, which was developed by the Intergovernmental Forums on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development (IGF)."

IISD in the news May 19, 2017

Scaling Up Green Energy Finance Swapping Fossil Fuel Subsidies for Sustainable Energy Solutions

This video by IISD Reporting Services provides an overview of the Bonn side event hosted by GSI, "Scaling Up Green Energy Finance: Swapping Fossil Fuel Subsidies for Sustainable Energy Solutions.". The event focused on how governments can scale up investments in green energy by “making the switch” from fossil fuel subsidies to sustainable energy subsidies.
Insight May 16, 2017

Microplastics: What are they and what can we do about them?

What exactly are microplastics? What are they doing to our water? And why should you be worried? We sat down with IISD Experimental Lakes Area research fellow Dr. Michael Rennie, who has recently worked on the impact of microplastics on fresh water, and he gave us the lowdown on them.
Insight May 10, 2017