Why Canada Needs to Transform Its Approach to Funding for Climate Disaster Recovery
Modernizing Canada's Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements (DFAA) program is a critical step in building the country's climate resilience.
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IISD Annual Report 2022–2023
At IISD, we’ve been working for more than three decades to create a world where people and the planet thrive. As the climate crisis unfolds on our doorsteps and irreversible tipping points loom, our team has been focused more than ever on impact.
Freedom from fossil fuels? Canada's energy-security future hinges on continued growth of renewables
It's often stated that Canada's abundant oil and gas reserves provide energy security. Yet recent geopolitical turmoil–such as Russia's invasion of Ukraine–has tested this notion, causing oil and gas prices to surge, fuelling inflation and making Canadians' lives more costly. Increasingly, especially given climate change's existential threat, it's apparent Canada's energy-security future involves moving beyond oil and gas.
Climate adaptation initiatives launched in Binga
The adoption of nature-based solutions for adaptation against climate change is seen as one of the steps to enhancing sustainability and food security. World Wildlife Fund Zimbabwe has come up with a Climate Adaptation and Protected Areas initiative where it is working with Binga and Hwange Rural District Councils, government departments, traditional leaders and local communities to promote natural solutions to strengthening climate resilience and protecting biodiversity.
Overcoming Capacity Limitations for Rural and Small Municipalities Across the Prairies
This webinar explores the challenges of Prairie municipalities as they struggle with capacity limitations in resilient infrastructure, as well as the efforts of Canadian organizations to help address the lack of capacity.
New legal tool can help governments get food systems back on track
The IISD Model Contract Clauses for Responsible Investment in Agriculture offer agricultural investment negotiators, state lawyers, and policy-makers a series of user-friendly, customizable contract provisions to help them design responsible and effective agricultural investment contracts. Such contracts help supplement gaps in domestic laws, not replace them, to get food systems back on track.
World Bank grants South Africa $1bn energy loan
The World Bank has granted South Africa a $1bn Development Policy Loan to help the nation transition to low-carbon energy and promote long-term energy security.
New legal tool can help governments get food systems back on track
New customizable legal provisions will help implement international best practices, principles, and guidance on responsible agricultural investment.
The Climate Crisis Is Outpacing B.C.'s Ability to Adapt
As heat waves, wildfires, and floods cost the province up to CAD 17 billion per year, it’s time to get serious about addressing loss and damage.
The IISD Model Contract Clauses for Responsible Investment in Agriculture
Customizable legal provisions to help implement international best practices, principles, and guidance on responsible agricultural investment.