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Climate change is increasing global security threats. Canada can help

Climate change isn't just an environmental issue – it's also a national security threat. Canada has offered to create a NATO centre of excellence on climate and security, which the alliance should move on with alacrity.

IISD in the news November 16, 2021

Fisheries Subsidies Refresher Sessions | November Update

This series of two webinars explores WTO negotiations on fisheries subsidies and the Chair's draft consolidated text.

Webinar November 12, 2021

COP26 in Glasgow may have a record carbon footprint, despite low-flush loos and veggie haggis

The British government promised to host a carbon-neutral climate conference, but even after all the showy sustainability — the reusable coffee cups, the low-flush loos, the paperless draft documents, the locally sourced vegetarian haggis — COP26 may be the highest emitting United Nations environmental summit so far.

IISD in the news November 12, 2021

COP 26 Side Event | The Subsidy Swap: Reform and reallocate subsidies from fossil fuels to deliver a fair energy transition

This hybrid COP 26 Nordic Pavilion side event will explore the case for reforming fossil fuel subsidies and reallocating funds to clean energy.

Conference November 11, 2021

Informal Preparatory Meeting for the 41st UNCITRAL WGIII Session

This preparatory meeting brought together developing and emerging economies to prepare for the 41st session of UNCITRAL Working Group III in November, 2021.

Workshop November 11, 2021

Experts call for Improved Protection of African Fisheries

With subsidies of global fisheries back on the World Trade Organization's agenda, experts are calling for African governments to upscale the protection of the sector long plagued by activities that continue to threaten the continent's blue economy.

IISD in the news November 11, 2021

IISD Welcomes Launch of Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance, Honoured to Host its First Permanent Secretariat

Nine governments today took the critical first step towards phasing out oil and gas by becoming Members of the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance (BOGA).

Statement November 11, 2021

Why has it been so hard to get fossil fuels mentioned in U.N. climate deals?

The preliminary draft COP26 agreement on how nations will collaborate to curb climate change, released Wednesday, explicitly mentions reducing fossil fuel consumption — unlike previous global climate accords. Whether that language stays in the final document remains to be seen.

IISD in the news November 11, 2021

COP26 Side Event | Co-constructing a notion of climate justice through improvisations

Through improvisation, we aim to generate ideas to help us individually and collectively better understand what makes climate action just. And maybe even come up with some insights into how to get there.

Conference November 10, 2021

Can the North-South Climate Divide be Fixed?

With the UN Climate Change Conference (COP26) underway in Glasgow, Scotland, we take a closer look at how climate change is affecting the Global South, what a fair and just transition to renewable energy would entail, and how concerns from the Global South can be heard and addressed.

IISD in the news November 10, 2021

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