IISD at the UN 2023 Water Conference
We are excited to speak at the UN 2023 Water Conference in New York City—the first of its kind in almost 50 years.
All results
Showing 2021-2030 of 8773 results
Source to Sea: Integrating the water agenda in 2023
2023 could prove to be a definitive year for facilitating an integrative perspective on water issues, from fresh water to the marine environment.
On World Water Day, a case for natural infrastructure
The UN 2023 Water Conference in New York, kicking off on World Water Day today, is the first such conference in almost 50 years. But it arrives against a worrying backdrop. Across the globe, we seem to be experiencing the vicissitudes of water, whether it is unprecedented flooding or old and new forms of pollution in lakes and rivers. And thanks to the ever-intensifying impacts of climate change, it doesn’t seem like our fraught relationship with that which sustains us will improve any time soon.
La Journée mondiale de l'eau est soulignée avec une annonce de financement pour la recherche et la protection visant notre ressource naturelle la plus précieuse : l'eau douce (in French)
Nous profitons de la Journée mondiale de l'eau pour soutenir nos mesures ambitieuses de lutte contre les changements climatiques qui permettent de garder notre air pur et notre eau douce propre. Le gouvernement du Canada s'est engagé à créer l'agence canadienne de l'eau afin de protéger cette ressource naturelle qui nous offre de l'eau potable, des possibilités de transport et d'énergie, et des occasions économiques, en plus de nous divertir. De plus, le secrétaire parlementaire Terry Duguid est présent cette semaine à la Conférence des Nations Unies sur l'eau de 2023, à New York, où il agira à titre de représentant du Canada pour discuter de l'évaluation de mi-parcours des objectifs de la Décennie internationale d'action (2018-2028), « L'eau et le développement durable ».
Nations fight to be called climate vulnerable in IPCC report
Government negotiators fought bitterly last week over which groups and regions are defined as particularly vulnerable to climate change in the latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).
Paris-aligned or Paris-misaligned? Fossil fuel financing under the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development's Paris alignment methodology
With the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development revising its Energy Sector Strategy this year, the EBRD faces a key opportunity to tighten its restrictions on fossil fuel financing to align with international best practice.
Climat. Tout nouveau projet d’énergies fossiles est incompatible avec l’objectif de 1,5 °C (in French)
Le rapport de synthèse du Groupe d’experts intergouvernemental sur l’évolution du climat (Giec) publié lundi 20 mars le rappelle : la combustion du charbon, du pétrole et du gaz génère des niveaux sans précédent d’émissions qui saturent l’atmosphère. Tout nouveau projet d’extraction de ces fossiles est incompatible avec une limite du réchauffement de la planète à 1,5 °C, objectif de l’Accord de Paris.
We need fresh water to survive. Let’s tap centuries-tested Indigenous ideas for protecting this life source
It really couldn't have come sooner. The United Nations 2023 Water Conference this week in New York City has everyone who works to protect freshwater bodies, and the environment more broadly, abuzz. This is the first such conference in almost 50 years.
Multilateral Development Bank Efforts to Mainstream Climate Adaptation
The paper explores the progress of four MDBs in mainstreaming climate adaptation in their developing country portfolios, specifically looking at experiences in Kenya, Nepal, and Peru.
Mixed reactions greet release of IPCC's Synthesis Report
A flood of reactions has greeted the Synthesis Report of the Sixth Assessment Cycle (AR6) and Summary for Policymakers, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report released on Monday, March 20, 2023.