15th IGF Annual General Meeting
The Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals, and Sustainable Development (IGF) is hosting their Annual General Meeting (AGM) October 7 to 11, 2019, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva.
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Crowding in Domestic Investors into Financing Sustainable Development
This event, being held on Monday, October 7, 2019, from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. CEST at the Palais des Nations in Room XII, will be devoted to the issue of how to "crowd in" domestic investors to finance sustainable infrastructure.
The Subsidy Swap: Mobilizing Public Capital to Drive a Renewable Revolution
Financial commitments to achieve universal access to electricity are still falling far short of what is required to meet global energy goals by 2030.
Investment Treaties in Singapore: Lessons about the design of the investment regime
This session of the UNIGE-IISD Speaker Series on Investment Disputes will look at Singapore's experience with investment treaties, examining questions such as what impact these treaties have on good governance, economic competitiveness and other areas.
Investment Treaty News (ITN), Volume 10, Issue 4, October 2019
Investment Treaty News (ITN) is IISD’s flagship journal on international investment law and policy. This special edition of ITN is devoted to international investment governance.
Subsidies
Fossil fuel subsidies make little sense in a world shifting to low-carbon sources of energy to tackle climate change.
Governments should fight air pollution from fossil fuels like they fight tobacco use
Cigarette packages all over the world display health warnings on every side of the box. It makes sense, since tobacco kills as many as 8 million people a year around the globe. Burning fossil fuels doesn’t get the same kind of attention, even though the toxic air pollution it creates kills 7 million people each year.
CARICOM Forum on International Investment Agreements (IIAs)
This training was organized for investment officials from countries that are members of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). It was held from September 30 to October 2, 2019, in Bridgetown, Barbados, and was convened jointly by the CARICOM Secretariat, the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), and the Commonwealth Secretariat.
How to build climate-resilient tourism in the Caribbean
The Caribbean is one of the most tourism-reliant regions in the world, with the industry accounting for more than 15% of the region’s GDP and supporting nearly 14% of the workforce. On the heels of Hurricane Dorian, effective planning for climate change adaptation is critical.
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