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NAFTA’s Environmental Record: History, outcomes, impacts and options

IISD has asked various experts from across Canada, the United States and Mexico to give their perspectives on NAFTA and the pending negotiations. This commentary, written by IISD President and CEO Scott Vaughan, is the introductary piece in this series.

Policy Analysis June 1, 2017

Costs of Pollution in Canada: Measuring the impacts on families, businesses and governments

Pollution costs Canadian families, businesses and governments a startling amount every year. These costs add up to tens of billions of dollars at least. These are our findings from a new report on the cost of pollution in Canada.

Report June 1, 2017

Creating Sustainable Reform

IISD works with governments, international institutions, academics, and civil society to propose and support reform in international investment treaties, laws and policies. We are leading the way on global investor-state dispute settlement reform.

Project June 1, 2017

Pollution Costs Canadians Tens of Billions Every Year, Reveals New One-of-its-kind Report

Pollution costs Canadians tens of billions of dollars every year in terms of impacts on their health and well-being, their pocketbooks and the value of their homes, buildings, roads and the natural environment. These are the major findings from our latest report.

Press release May 31, 2017

Winnipeggers are recycling more, using less water, and producing less greenhouse gas, says new report

Winnipeggers reduced the per capita amount of waste sent to local landfills over a 15-year period—using recycling, composting and other programs to more than triple diverted waste. Winnipeggers also used 50 per cent less water and produced fewer greenhouse gas emissions over the same period.

Press release May 31, 2017

Financial Supports for Coal and Renewables in Indonesia

This report shows that the “true cost” of coal, including subsidies and externalities such as GHG emissions and air pollution, is considerably greater than the cost of renewable energy in Indonesia.

Report May 31, 2017

How to Respond When Prices Go Up: Objectives and options for fuel price adjustments in Indonesia

There are options to strengthen the fuel pricing mechanism in Indonesia. This policy brief highlights some options, including price smoothing, ratcheting and installation of price floors and caps, closing with recommendations.

Brief May 31, 2017

How to Improve Gender Equality in Agriculture: Investment in Agriculture Policy Brief #5

In this policy brief, we explore how global standards and guidelines contribute to gender equality and women’s empowerment, and whether more can be done through these instruments to improve the situation of women in agriculture.

Brief May 31, 2017

Renegotiation of NAFTA: An opportunity for sustainable development / La renegociación del TLCAN: una oportunidad para el desarrollo sostenible

Isabel Studer, Executive Director for Mexico and Northern Central America, The Nature Conservancy gives us her take (in Spanish and English) on the NAFTA negotiations and their impact on sustainable development.

Policy Analysis May 30, 2017

NAFTA Renegotiations Offer Chance to Fix its Mistakes on Trade and the Environment

Geoff Garver, adjunct professor in interdisicplinary studies on environment and sustainability at McGill University and Concordia University, gives us his view on the need to fix the environmental provisions in NAFTA.

Policy Analysis May 30, 2017

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