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Na COP15, países africanos propõem taxa sobre venda de produtos para financiar proteção da biodiversidade (in Portuguese)

Um dos pontos mais críticos em discussão na COP15, a reunião da ONU que busca um acordo global para frear a perda de biodiversidade global, refere-se aos recursos financeiros para garantir a proteção de áreas naturais no mundo, assim como o compartilhamento de benefícios advindos do uso da informações genéticas da biodiversidade.

IISD in the news December 9, 2022

From Sharm el-Sheikh to Montreal: Seizing the moment for the biodiversity–climate nexus at COP 15

The Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework negotiations at the UN Biodiversity Conference in Montreal represent a once-in-a-decade moment to set an ambitious agenda for biodiversity conservation.

Deep Dive December 9, 2022

The Value of Incorporating Nature in Urban Infrastructure Planning

This report explains how nature-based infrastructure helps create healthy, sustainable cities and argues that nature needs to be at the core of urban infrastructure planning.

Report December 9, 2022

Handcrafting the World's Freshwater Laboratory: IISD Experimental Lakes Area Annual Report 2021-2022

It's time to pay tribute to the handcrafted, do-it-yourself attitude that has made IISD Experimental Lakes Area the world’s freshwater laboratory.

Report December 9, 2022

Canada Delivers on Glasgow Statement Pledge With Policy Guidelines to End International Public Finance for Fossil Fuels

The Government of Canada has released new policy guidelines to end international public financing for fossil fuels and reprioritize support for clean energy by the end of 2022. Today’s announcement is expected to redirect CAD 2.5 billion per year away from fossil fuels.

Statement December 8, 2022

Canada to stop direct financing of foreign fossil fuel projects with tight exceptions

With weeks until an end-of-year deadline it agreed to last year, Canada has announced that it will end new direct subsidies for fossil fuel investments and projects abroad – including those owned by Canadian companies.

IISD in the news December 8, 2022

Canada to stop directly financing fossil fuel projects abroad, with narrow exceptions

IISD in the news December 8, 2022

India Chases Clean Energy, but Economic Goals Put Coal First

In the shadow of a retired coal-fired power plant in India's capital, Meena Devi tries to make her family home — four brick walls with a tin roof — a safe place to breathe. Though the smokestacks at the plant went dormant years ago under a court order, there is no shortage of hazards in her air, ranging from vehicular exhaust to construction dust to ash from crop stubble burning in adjacent states.

IISD in the news December 7, 2022

Inspiring equitable transitions from fossil fuels after Covid-19

The fossil fuel production gap – the difference between national production plans and low-carbon (1.5°C and 2°C) pathways, as expressed in fossil fuel carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions will continue to widen if countries return to their pre-COVID plans and projections for expanded fossil fuel production. Alternatively, strong green recovery efforts could put future fossil fuel production on a pathway much closer to Paris Agreement limits.

IISD in the news December 7, 2022

Just Energy Transition Partnerships: An opportunity to leapfrog from coal to clean energy

One year on from the announcement of the first "Just Energy Transition Partnership" (JETP) at the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP 26) in Glasgow, what have we learned and where are these innovative funding models headed?

Insight December 7, 2022

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