Increasing Value for Money in Infrastructure Investment
IISD's Oshani Perera and Tilmann Liebert submitted this article to one of the most prestigious and widely read journals in India.
IISD's Oshani Perera and Tilmann Liebert submitted this article to one of the most prestigious and widely read journals in India.
"Destructive accidents on pipelines and rails have shaken public confidence in the industry's ability to move product safely and in regulators' ability to keep up with evolving circumstances," Daniel Gagnier, International Institute for Sustainable Development's chairman of the board, said.
An exploration of our Greening China's Financial System report in light of the recent UNEP report that claims an additional "clean trillion" dollars will be needed annually to green the US$ 5 trillion that will be required every year for infrastructure investment globally up until 2030. Simon Zadek is interviewed.
"You run the risk in developing fossil fuels that one day will either become fully depleted or too expensive to extract," Philip Gass, a policy analyst at the International Institute of Sustainable Development, said from Winnipeg.
"Mark Halle, vice president of the International Institute for Sustainable Development, says getting the corporate world to think long-term about the environment is key as the seeking of short-term results is incompatible with the requirements of sustainable development."
"A study by the Global Subsidies Initiative says scrapping fuel subsidies will result in aggregate increases in GDP."
A look at the new board for IISD-ELA.
Russian-language article covering the launch of one of our reports on government support to upstream oil & gas in Russia.
IISD's Hank Venema speaks about a new initiative in Portage La Prairie (Canada) to remove phosphorus and nitrogen from Lake Winnipeg.
"The International Institute for Sustainable Development published a report in February examining the prospects of developing a green bond market in China by allowing selected state-owned companies and local governments to issue green bonds to initially develop the market."