Can’t Fight the Moonlight? Actually, You Can
The earthquake started in earnest in November 2017. At its epicentre was a report, published in November 2017 by two researchers at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
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New Restrictions on Arbitral Appointments for Sitting ICJ Judges
The Court’s change of direction follows a report released by the International Institute for Sustainable Development in November 2017 highlighting that sitting ICJ judges had acted as arbitrators in 90 investor-State disputes.
Are we content to fight a rear-guard action on biodiversity?
How can nature be placed at the heart of development to enhance social justice and biodiversity conservation?
New Horizons for IISD President and CEO, Scott Vaughan
Scott Vaughan will be leaving the organization to become the new International Chief Advisor of the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development (CCICED) in 2019.
Farmers prefer provincial carbon tax to Ottawa’s
Manitoba’s plan, which Premier Brian Pallister withdrew Oct. 4, would have exempted not only fuels burned in farm equipment, but in grain dryers and livestock barns.
Trade Wars Turning Into Investment Wars
While the U.S.–China trade war rages on and captures headlines, a U.S.–China investment war is emerging. Will sustainable development be the ultimate loser?
Floating Treatment Wetlands
Floating treatment wetlands allow aquatic plants to grow in water that is typically too deep for them and transform pollutants into harmless by-products.
Comprehensive Wealth in Canada
GDP guides decision makers when they craft policies for a country and measure its progress, but the International Institute for Sustainable Development says GDP is not the best measurement of wealth and well-being in the long-term.
Latest report: GDP should not be the sole criterion for measuring national wealth
(machine translated text) Canada is considered to be a rich, economically developed country, thanks to abundant natural resources and highly developed technology, but a recent report on Canadian wealth found that Canada’s wealthy resources are not as diverse as the economy.