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UK Is In No Position to Lecture Saudis on Oil Dependence
"UK prime minister Theresa May visited Riyadh in early April with the intent of “deepening a true strategic partnership” and “helping to wean Saudi Arabia off oil dependency”. That’s rich. In the North Sea oil fields, Britain is propping up a dying industry. Multi-billion tax breaks, supplemented in the 2017 budget, are given at the expense of diversifying the economy towards lower-carbon energy sources."
Public opposition leaves loss-making electricity distribution firms powerless to raise tariffs
"To understand how consumers react to tariff reforms, the International Institute for Sustainable Development, a policy research institute based out of Canada, undertook a survey in which respondents were questioned about their knowledge of existing electricity subsidies and their scale, their thoughts on tariff reforms and willingness to pay for a more reliable supply."
Seafood joins fair trade revolution, a scallop at a time
Jason Potts, a senior associate with the International Institute for Sustainable Development located in Montreal, said the question of "are these things actually working?" remains a difficult one to answer. "We're attempting to answer this question. My message to the world is we need more impact research, and more data. Better data," he said.
A Low-Hanging Fruit for Financing and Implementing SDGs: End Fossil Fuel Subsidies
Phase-out and reallocation of fossil fuel subsidies (FFS) is a low-hanging fruit for financing and implementing SDGs.
Nortel's toxic legacy: Cleaning up former sites to cost millions
"Under Canadian law the polluter is supposed to pay, but if there is no polluter [because] they've gone then taxpayers have to pick up the bill for doing the cleanup," said Scott Vaughan, president of the International Institute for Sustainable Development and former federal commissioner of the environment.
Can Investor-State Dispute Settlement Be Good for the Environment?
Renewable energy investors have been using investor-state dispute settlement mechanisms to fight cuts to subsidies in Europe, but this short-term gain may hinder states in their broader pursuit of environmental objectives like addressing climate change and pollution.
Costing Energy and Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Nunavut: A mapping exercise
This report, entitled Costing Energy and Fossil Fuel Subsidies in Nunavut, was commissioned by World Wildlife Fund Canada and undertaken by the International Institute for Sustainable Development.
Soil Remediation in China: How a huge pollution problem is putting the green finance movement to the test
IISD, with Chinese and international partners, is testing the potential of the entire spectrum of green finance approaches to deal with China’s legacy of toxic soils and the urgent need to restore them to health and productivity.
Developing a New Accountability and Dispute Settlement Mechanism on Investment – Expert Meeting
IISD and the American University Washington College of Law's Program on International and Comparative Environmental Law hosted an expert meeting on “Developing a New Accountability and Dispute Settlement Mechanism on Investment."