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Public Sector Spending Could Make or Break Progress on the SDGs: Here’s how

Talk on how to close the USD 2.5–3 trillion funding gap needed to achieve the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) typically focuses on mobilizing private capital. Yet public sector procurement practices could make or break current progress.

Policy Analysis January 28, 2020

Behavioral Insights for Climate Action

Event January 28, 2020

Geneva Seminar: Joint Statement Initiative on Investment Facilitation

This seminar, held on Tuesday January 28, 2020, focused on the Joint Statement Initiative on Investment Facilitation, launched by a group of 70 WTO Members at the organization’s Eleventh Ministerial Conference in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2017.

Webinar January 28, 2020

Lake research video translated into Ojibway to help promote language as well as science

An environmental science video has been translated to Ojibway and the creators are hoping it sparks youth interest in science and language revitalization.

IISD in the news January 27, 2020

Wave of Investment Into Southeast Asia’s Waste Sector Needed to Stem the Tide of Ocean Plastic

Currently, 82% of global plastic waste flowing into our oceans comes from 19 Southeast Asian countries. Five countries alone account for over half of that total; China, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand.

Policy Analysis January 27, 2020

Sustainable Asset Valuation (SAVi) of a Public Bicycle Sharing System in Dwarka, New Delhi, India: A focus on the environmental, social and economic impacts of non-motorized transport infrastructure

This SAVi assessment values the environmental, social and economic benefits generated by a public bicycle sharing system. Its results demonstrate how the transport system delivers to sustainable mobility targets in Delhi.

Report January 27, 2020

SAVi Database: A primer

IISD has developed a database of available knowledge on the valuation of infrastructure project externalities, costs and climate risks. This publication demonstrates how we use the database for the assessments of infrastructure projects with the SAVi methodology.

Guide January 27, 2020

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