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The Sustainable Agriculture Transition: Technology options for low- and middle-income countries

This report reviews how technology is transforming food systems and how policy-makers and investors can best harness the use of modern technologies to bring transformative change.

Report July 30, 2020

COVID-19 and Food Export Restrictions: Comparing today’s situation to the 2007/08 price spikes

This policy brief draws on the International Food Policy Research Institute’s (IFPRI’s) COVID-19 Food Trade Policy Tracker to compare how governments have reacted to the current crisis with how they did during the 2007/08 food price spike.

Brief July 30, 2020

How Food Export Restrictions Could Worsen a Looming Food Crisis

This policy brief draws on analysis in the International Food Policy Research Institute’s (IFPRI’s) COVID-19 Food Trade Policy Tracker to examine how food-importing countries could be affected by recent measures to restrict exports.

Brief July 30, 2020

Stock Take of APEC Economies’ Existing Measures on Withdrawal of Subsidies in Cases Where There Has Been a Determination of IUU Fishing

This report provides an overview of APEC economies’ existing measures on withdrawal of subsidies in cases of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, drawing on the voluntary responses and input of member economies

Report July 30, 2020

World in Progress: Arbitration courts - why citizens foot the bill for big investors

When foreign investors sue governments for losses due to policy changes in so-called arbitration courts, countries can end up paying billions.

IISD in the news July 29, 2020

New Online Tool Tracks Energy Investments During Economic Recovery

G20 governments represent about 80% of the world’s economic input and together have pledged to inject trillions into the global economy to counteract the shocks caused by COVID-19.

IISD in the news July 28, 2020

World Leaders Must Play Their Part in Rethinking Trade to Help Us “Build Back Better”

While the question of who will lead the WTO is important, political leaders must also renew their commitment to working together.

Insight July 28, 2020

For all its green talk, the IEA still gives comfort to oil and gas producers

Under Fatih Birol, the International Energy Agency leads talk of a green recovery, yet dodges hard questions about phasing out dirty energy.

IISD in the news July 27, 2020

It doesn’t require a ‘social revolution’: pandemic reshaping what’s possible

In a span of fewer than six months, the pandemic has upended, encroached, and transformed just about every facet of life. The months ahead may help set the course for how society adapts.

IISD in the news July 27, 2020

How to Turn Fast Fashion into Sustainable Fashion

This episode is about sustainability in the clothing industry and how years of over-consumption and unsafe manufacturing has led to a counter-industry striving to do better.

Podcast July 27, 2020

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