Big Data for Resilience
Summary of a recent event looking at the links between Big Data, resilience and achieving long-term development goals, and the implications for practitioners, policy-makers and researchers.
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Why SDG 9 matters and how we can achieve it
With half the world now living in cities, and billions of dollars spent each year on growth and infrastructure, we need to finance and implement sustainable infrastructure practices that reduce our environmental footprint, employ clean technologies and are economically viable.
Training Workshop on International Investment Treaties and Agreements
IISD is hosting a training workshop in Bamako, Mali, from June 25 – 27, 2018, on international investment treaties and agreements.
Tools for Municipal Adaptation Action
This webinar highlighted two tools being used by municipalities to help with their adaptation planning process: the Climate Resilience Express toolkit developed by All One Sky and the Climate and Asset Management Network run by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM).
How to Build a Floating Wetland
Not only do floating wetlands look super cool, they could help us keep fresh water free of whole range of pollutants—maybe even oil spills! Madeline and Richard take us through how to make one, in this short video.
How the Energy Charter Treaty Could Have Costly Consequences for Governments and Climate Action
Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder explores the current status of the Energy Charter Treaty, and why now, more than ever, it deserves far more public attention and scrutiny.
Deliberate oil spill for science
Although there have been many previous studies on the effects of oil spills on the environment, there are gaps in understanding long-term effects and natural recovery, especially in connection with dilbit and how the chemical mix changes over time in the environment. The complex study involves three phases at Canada’s unique freshwater experimental project at IISD Experimental Lakes Area.
Online Discussion: Financing infrastructure development
Join Oshani Perera, Director of the Procurement and Infrastructure Program, and Liesbeth Casier, Procurement Specialist for IISD’s Economic Law and Policy Program, for Apolitical’s online discussion June 18 on financing infrastructure development.
IISD at Adaptation Futures 2018
Members of the IISD Resilience program, which hosts the NAP Global Network Secretariat, will join over 1,000 scientists, practitioners, business leaders and policy-makers from around the world in Cape Town, South Africa, for Adaptation Futures 2018 to discuss climate change adaptation.