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Border Carbon Adjustment Mechanisms and Impacts on Vietnam

This report consolidates, analyzes, and presents views and perspectives of stakeholders from Vietnam on border carbon adjustment (BCA) schemes to contribute to the global debate on BCA good practices.

Report September 12, 2024

Understanding the United Nations’ New Principles for Resourcing the Energy Transition

Greg Radford explains new principles and recommendations developed by the UN Secretary-General’s Panel on Critical Energy Transition Minerals and designed to advance equity and justice.

Explainer September 11, 2024

The Urgency and Complexity of Moving Beyond GDP

Efforts to explore how the portfolio of capitals that make up comprehensive wealth—financial capital, produced capital, natural capital, human capital, and social capital—can give policy-makers insights into how their policies build wealth for their countries in the long run.

Explainer September 9, 2024

Elena Cornaro

Person September 9, 2024

Gail Wozney

Person September 6, 2024

What Developing Countries Should Know About Negotiations for a New Global Agreement on E-Commerce

Rashmi Jose discusses the ongoing negotiations of a new global e-commerce agreement under the WTO, highlighting its potential impact on developing countries, the key provisions, and the flexibilities offered to assist them in implementation, while also addressing unresolved legal and participation challenges.

Explainer September 6, 2024

NAbSA Dialogues | Green Infrastructures for Urban Resilience

The fifth session of the NAbSA Dialogues series highlighted IISD’s SUNCASA (Scaling Urban Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa) Project. The discussion explored how nature-based solutions (NbS) and green infrastructure can help cities adapt to climate change, manage extreme weather, preserve biodiversity, and provide healthier living environments.

Webinar September 5, 2024

Cottagers fear time running out for containing zebra mussels in Clear Lake

Clear Lake cottage owners fear crucial time is being lost in efforts to contain invasive zebra mussels, after an underwater curtain was dislodged by the wind and waves two days after being installed. For Scott Higgins, a senior research scientist with IISD-ELA, the fact Parks Canada has not reported new discoveries of live adults or "veligers," free-floating microscopic young mussels, is good news. The bad news is that water samples contained environmental DNA, which suggests there could be some living mussels, although likely in small numbers.

IISD in the news September 4, 2024

Nature-based solutions on display at Stockholm World Water Week

From a polluted Seine River grabbing the spotlight during this year's Olympic Games to California's shrinking lakes offending the olfactory senses of its citizens, it seems like this week's World Water Week couldn't come soon enough, writes IISD's Dimple Roy.

IISD in the news August 30, 2024

Manitoba establishing nutrient targets to protect lakes and rivers

The Manitoba government announced this week that it's establishing nutrient targets to protect Manitoba's lakes and rivers for future generations. "The average loading rates for phosphorus is about five thousand tonnes per year what we’ve seen. The province has set a target of 2,800 tonnes per year, so this is an aggressive target that we have seen," says IISD's Richard Grosshans.