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Ask Us Anything About Hacking Lake Winnipeg
Learn all about how you can hack Lake Winnipeg in 2020 with these upcoming Ask Me Anything sessions with our water issue leaders and AquaHacking alumni.
Global Market Report: Palm Oil
This report examines how voluntary sustainability standards can mitigate some of the worst environmental impacts of producing palm oil, the world’s most consumed edible oil.
What National Farm Policy Trends Could Mean for Efforts to Update WTO Rules on Domestic Support
This report examines trends in agricultural domestic support across a dozen World Trade Organization members and sets forward recommendations about how global trade rules should be reformed.
How our summer research season is changing
You don’t need us to tell you that the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed everyone’s lives and plans for the future; the 2020 summer research season at IISD Experimental Lakes Area is no exception.
Let this crisis teach us that we must be prepared for the next
As communities across Canada grapple with the deadly and damaging effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have a rare window right now into how important it is to be prepared for a crisis.
Rethinking India's Energy Subsidies Needed During Uncertain Times
Over the last four years, the International Institute for Sustainable Development and the Council on Energy, Environment and Water have been mapping India’s energy subsidies. The trend indicates a decline in India’s overall energy subsidies over the last five years.
Connecting the Dots: COVID-19 and the Environment
From lower carbon emissions in China to clear water in Venice, the environmental improvements seen since the start of COVID-19 might be temporary — but what we do next is crucial.
The First Earth Day: A founder of the original teach-in remembers
Arthur J. Hanson helped to launch Earth Day in 1970. He reflects on how plans for a "relatively small event" exploded into a global movement.