Investment Treaty News (ITN), Volume 10, Issue 2, June 2019
Investment Treaty News (ITN) is IISD’s flagship journal on international investment law and policy.
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Webinar: Public-Private Partnership (PPP) Contracts: Understanding new approaches to contractual clauses
This webinar examined the different approaches to designing public-private partnership (PPP) agreements, as well as what these approaches mean and their implications in practice, including for infrastructure development.
Zooplankton and Fresh Water: Here are the facts
Zooplankton are critical parts of freshwater ecosystems, but often get forgotten. Scientist Mike Paterson explains what zooplankton are, and why they matter.
G20 countries triple coal power subsidies despite climate crisis
G20 countries have almost tripled the subsidies they give to coal-fired power plants in recent years, despite the urgent need to cut the carbon emissions driving the climate crisis.
Monitoring and Evaluation Systems for Adapting to Climate Change Are Only As Good As They Are Usable
Monitoring and evaluation systems for climate change adaptation should make it easier for people and decision makers to learn what is working and what is not.
G20 Coal Subsidies: Tracking government support to a fading industry
This research tracks each G20 country’s progress in phasing out subsidies to the production and consumption of coal (including coal-fired power), looking at fiscal support, public finance and state-owned enterprise investment.
G20 Support to Coal Power Plants Increases By More Than Double: Report
G20 governments have more than doubled the amount of financial support they provide to coal power plants in just three years, despite pledging a decade ago to phase out subsidies to all fossil fuels and help prevent catastrophic climate change.
Webinar: Sustainability Standards and Women’s Rights to Land and Agricultural Resources
Join us Thursday, June 20, at 10:00 a.m. ET / 4:00 p.m. CEST as we discuss how sustainability standards can contribute positively to women’s rights to land and agricultural resources.
New Tech, New Deal: Reconceptualizing shared value for the mine of the future
We are convening a group of invite-only industry experts in Paris June 20-21 for a roundtable as part of the IGF's New Tech, New Deal project.
Paying For It: How governments can help the private sector overcome financial barriers to investing in adaptation
Private sector engagement will be essential to the success of the NAP process, whether through direct financing or active participation in adaptation actions. Governments can play a key role in enabling this private sector engagement by promoting a number of enabling factors.