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A Full Calendar for SDG Discussions and Global Environmental Governance

The coming year will be decisive for sustainable development governance, bringing us twice as many meetings of environmental treaty governing bodies as we would expect during non-COVID times.

Insight January 14, 2022

Not just another fish tale: is there a difference between ageing and getting old?

Some creatures don’t age in the same way that humans do, implying that getting old does not necessarily lead to declining health. This is according to a new study focused on fish ageing led by an international team of biologists—the findings of which have just been published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences.

IISD in the news January 14, 2022

Ottawa must work with Indigenous communities to mitigate climate disasters, experts say

First Nations and Indigenous communities in Canada need more support from the federal government to cope with future disasters related to climate change, according to a new report on Canada's disaster resilience.

IISD in the news January 14, 2022

Planting for Resilience

Scaling Up the Adoption of Ecosystem-Based Adaptation Using Behaviour-Centred Design: The case of vetiver grass for riverbank erosion control in Fiji

Project January 14, 2022

Lama Abdellatif

Person January 13, 2022

Expert panel says Canada needs to 'up its game' on climate data to better adapt

A new report suggests Canada is not doing enough to adapt to and prevent the effects of climate change and is lacking the critical data it needs to do so.

IISD in the news January 13, 2022

B.C.'s costly climate disasters show Canada's insurance gap

The storms that battered British Columbia in November left taxpayers on the hook for billions of dollars because few homeowners had overland flood insurance.

IISD in the news January 13, 2022

Watch the Fine Print, Analysts Advise, as Canada Tackles Public Finance Phaseout for Fossil Fuels

While the Canadian government is working on a plan to phase out public financing to the fossil fuel sector, the high-profile announcement may only result in a change in the way Ottawa supports the industry, not a reduction in the dollars that change hands, according to an analysis last week in the Globe and Mail.

IISD in the news January 13, 2022

Canada is leaving communities in the dark about the risks and costs of climate disasters

A new report finds the federal government isn’t doing enough to act on or disclose detailed information about the growing hazards of a warming climate, including extreme temperatures, flood, fires, landslides and drought.

IISD in the news January 13, 2022

EU Lawmaker Wants Carbon Border Tax to Cover More Goods, Enter Into Force Sooner

The lawmaker leading the European Parliament’s work on an EU carbon border tax has submitted a draft report on the proposal to establish a carbon border adjustment mechanism.

News January 12, 2022

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