Public financial flows influence the global energy landscape, shaping investment decisions by producers and consumer choices. In this project, IISD analyzes public financial support for both fossil fuels and clean energy as well as their socio-economic and climate effects.
This case study describes environmental and associated social issues from nickel mining and processing in Ontario, Canada, and examines policy measures for managing them.
Subnational governments are vital to delivering a just and orderly transition away from fossil fuels—and from Quebec to Queensland, they are already showing how this transition can begin in practice.
This policy primer provides a comprehensive overview of data governance in the digital economy: what it is, how different regulatory approaches are emerging, and why it is increasingly central to digital trade policy.
Subnational states and regions are powerful drivers of both implementation and ambition in achieving the goals of the Paris Agreement. They are critical to achieving the transition away from fossil fuels. This report aims to explore and document the role of subnational governments in advancing a just, orderly, and equitable transition away from fossil fuel production as a critical element of the overall transition away from fossil fuels.
Ghana has been rebuilding since its 2022 debt crisis. Restructuring its debt was a crucial first step, but lasting recovery demands strong institutions. IMANI and IISD provided analytical support for the design of the country's new Independent Fiscal Council.
Solar‑powered irrigation can cut agricultural power subsidies, provide reliable daytime electricity, boost farmers’ incomes, and create jobs, according to a new report offering lessons from India's PM-KUSUM scheme.
IISD urges Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade to prioritize the termination of old-generation treaties that lack modern safeguards and to pursue a new generation of treaties focused on current policy problems, cooperation, shared prosperity, and transparency.