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Seize Energy Transition Funding Opportunity

Indonesia's energy transition requires significant investment to develop renewable energy generation, clean fuels, power grids, and energy storage. However, Indonesia also has a huge opportunity to attract investment in the renewable energy sector while developing innovative financing instruments.

IISD in the news July 28, 2022

Identifying Inefficient Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Canada

This policy brief aims to provide decision makers with criteria to better define fossil fuel subsidies in the context of Canada's commitment to phase out these subsidies by 2023.

Brief July 28, 2022

Jamaica launches gender and climate change strategy and action plan

Jamaica has launched a gender and climate change strategy and action plan (GCCSAP) that it says has been developed and guided by a national gender and climate change assessment, which provided an overview of the policy and institutional contexts for gender-responsive climate action.

IISD in the news July 27, 2022

Realizing Responsible Investment in Agriculture: What can policy-makers in Africa learn from Southeast Asia?

Large-scale land-based agricultural investments in Africa still entail many human rights and environmental risks that could be avoided or mitigated. Why is this still happening, and how can policy-makers reverse this trend?

Policy Analysis July 27, 2022

Greening Aid for Trade

This report examines how Aid for Trade could be rethought to respond to developing countries' priorities for sustainable trade.

Report July 27, 2022

Is it just the heat, or does the concept of 'uneconomic growth' make a lot more sense now?

Something to ponder if you’re stuck in one of the many places so hot now that sitting in a darkened room is recommended, giving you more time alone with your thoughts: are we paying the price for a big mistake?

IISD in the news July 26, 2022

Achieving a Just Energy Transition in Indonesia

This brief is the fifth and final briefing of the IISD's series Achieving a Fossil Free Recovery in Indonesia. It looks at how the Government of Indonesia can make sure its energy transition and recovery are based on the principles of a just transition.

Brief July 26, 2022

Gas in Africa: Still a 'transition fuel'?

The science is clear: to limit global warming to 1.5°C – beyond which some climate impacts will become irreversible and self-reinforcing – new oil and gas fields should no longer be being licensed for development, and we should be transitioning away from burning coal, oil and gas as quickly as possible across all sectors.

IISD in the news July 25, 2022

Why reporting on GHGs more often would help Canada advance its climate agenda

Canada should measure and report statistics on greenhouse gas emissions quarterly instead of annually to bring them in line with the way economic indicators are reported and as a way to give more weight to environmental health and wellness, says a prominent environmental economist.

IISD in the news July 24, 2022

'Watchful Optimism' from Climate Analysts as Canada Energy Regulator Plots Net-Zero Future

With the Canada Energy Regulator still months away from completing its next projection of the country’s future oil and gas production, climate policy watchers are cautiously optimistic that the analysis will chart a real course for a low-carbon future—and rooting for the CER to get its modelling right.

IISD in the news July 24, 2022

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