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How Indonesia's Incoming President Can Advance the Transition to Clean Energy

With Prabowo Subianto inaugurated as Indonesia’s President, speculation abounds about the new administration’s commitment to the clean energy transition and climate targets, given Prabowo’s positioning as the “continuity candidate.” The question is, what, exactly, will be continued?

Insight October 18, 2024

Effectively Delivering on Climate and Nature: NDCs, NAPs and NBSAPs Synergies

This checklist for national policy-makers illustrates potential opportunities and interactions during the development or update of the nationally determined contribution (NDC), National Adaptation Plan (NAP), and national biodiversity strategies and action plan (NBSAP).

Brief October 18, 2024

Developing countries need to play bigger role in ESG rule-setting: UN

Developing countries need to play a bigger role in the drafting of environment, social, and governance (ESG) rules, a United Nations official said at IISD's recent Investment Policy Forum.

IISD in the news October 17, 2024

Mexico Phosphate Case Shines Light on 3rd-Party Funding

A U.S. deep ocean exploration company's announcement last month that most, if not all, of a $37 million award it won against Mexico would go toward satisfying its obligations to its third-party funder has helped to fuel questions about whether such funding arrangements belong in investor-state arbitration.

IISD in the news October 17, 2024

Global policy-makers meet in Manila for investment forum

The Board of Investments (BOI) and the International Institute for Sustainability Development (IISD) gathered investment negotiators, policymakers and international organizations to exchange innovative ideas toward a sustainable and resilient economy during the 16th Investment Policy Forum (IPF) earlier this month.

IISD in the news October 17, 2024

BOI approvals to surpass P1.6 trillion this year

Investment approvals of the Board of Investments are likely to exceed P1.6 trillion this year given renewable energy and infrastructure projects in the pipeline.

IISD in the news October 17, 2024

BoI confident it will exceed P1.6-trillion investment goal

The Board of Investments (BoI) said it expects to breach the P1.6 trillion upper limit of its target range for investment approvals this year due to the volume of big-ticket infrastructure and renewable energy projects, at the Investment Policy Forum in the Philippines on Wednesday.

IISD in the news October 16, 2024

BOI confident of hitting P1.6-T investment approvals target for 2024

The Board of Investments has expressed optimism that it will achieve its target of P1.6 trillion worth of investment pledges approved for the entire year, at the 2024 Investment Policy Forum organized by IISD in Pasay City on Wednesday.

IISD in the news October 16, 2024

Manila hosts world's lone summit for investment policy-makers

For the first time, the Philippines is hosting the Investment Policy Forum (IPF), the world's only annual gathering of investment negotiators and policy-makers from developing countries. The 16th IPF, co-hosted by IISD and the Board of Investments, opened at Lanson Place in Pasay City on Wednesday.

IISD in the news October 16, 2024

2024 Investment Policy Forum

The 16th edition of the International Institute for Sustainable Development's (IISD) Investment Policy Forum was held in Manila, the Philippines, in October 2024.

Conference October 16, 2024

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