Megan Rowling’s report on IISD’s State of Sustainability Initiatives (SSI) Review 2014 focuses on the finding that sustainable commodity production is increasing, yet oversupply of goods is pushing down prices for small producers.
At an IISD event in Toronto, Jim Balsillie (co-founder and former co-CEO of Research in Motion (BlackBerry), and founder and current chair of the Centre for International Governance Innovation) “warned that the country needs to dramatically sharpen its approach to intellectual property rights as it looks to reduce the environmental footprint of its vital resource-based economy.”
"During heavy smog days in Beijing, you can smell the mud and coal in the air," IISD’s Chang Han told Bloomberg News. China is experiencing increasing gasoline exports and auto sales, as well as smog levels that surpass WHO safety standards.
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