IISD Speech: President and CEO Scott Vaughan at the World Circular Economy Forum 2017, Helsinki
IISD President and CEO Scott Vaughan speech from the World Circular Economy Forum 2017 on June 6, 2017 in Helsinki.
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Indicator Preferences in National Reporting of Progress Toward the Sustainable Development Goals
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are intended to offer an ambitious and transformational agenda for our common future through 2030. In this brief, we review countries’ voluntary reviews to the HLPF to identify the indicators that countries have actually been using in their reports to date, and data attached to those indicators.
2017 Our City: A Peg Report on the Natural and Built Environment
The third edition of Our City, A Peg Report examines how the physical, mental, and social health and well-being of Winnipeggers is shaped by their environment.
Cost of Pollution: Extreme Weather
Did you know that the cost of climate change-related heat waves in Canada is estimated to have been $1.6 billion in 2015?
Cost of Pollution: Contaminated Sites
Did you know that average annual cost of managing contaminated sites under federal jurisdiction in Canada was $283 million between 2005/06 and 2014/15?
Cost of Pollution: Persistent Organic Pollutants
Did you know that the cost of persistent organic pollutants to Canada is estimated to be in the billions, but we still don't know for sure?
Cost of Pollution: Smog
Did you know that smog cost Canada $36 billion in 2015?
MPs call for stronger law against toxic chemicals
"The Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development estimates that the costs of pollution in Canada exceeded $35 billion in 2015."
Listening to Local Voices: What makes adaptation unique in the agriculture sector?
Achieving a more resilient agricultural sector is fundamental not only for a low-carbon future, but also to realize developmental goals related to the eradication of poverty and hunger, while learning how to better cope, adapt and transform in the face of climate change impacts.
Trump’s rejection of Paris Agreement is a call to action and resolve for us all
"U.S. President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate change puts the United States at odds not just with the international community, but with overwhelming scientific evidence and the publicly expressed wishes of hundreds of American companies, from Apple to Exxon. U.S. President Donald Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement on climate change puts the United States at odds not just with the international community, but with overwhelming scientific evidence and the publicly expressed wishes of hundreds of American companies, from Apple to Exxon."