In this CRiSTAL Stories brief, Marius Keller and Tatiana Farfán de la Vega document how the application of the Community-Based Risk Screening Tool - Adaptation and Livelihoods (CRiSTAL) framework in the municipality of Santa Teresa, in the Cusco region of Peru.
This led to identification by the local communities of a range of climate and gender-sensitive adaptation measures, in line with their local culture and traditions. Continuous engagement of local government in the CRiSTAL process further contributed to the inclusion of climate adaptation into local development plans, which is now being replicated in the surrounding municipalities.
In this CRiSTAL Stories brief, Julie Karami-Dekens and Sophie Kutegeka document how the application of the Community-Based Risk Screening Tool - Adaptation and Livelihoods (CRiSTAL) framework in Sansaza parish, Eastern Uganda.
This led to the development of a community-driven water gravity flow scheme for irrigation to help people adapt to prolonged dry spells—a trend that may increase in the context of climate change. Other outcomes of the CRiSTAL process include: the development of a common understanding of climate issues, increased cohesion among local actors, and increased support for climate adaptation in the area from external agencies.
IISD's David Souter interviews Angela Cropper, Deputy Director, United Nations Environment Programme (retired) and former independent member of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago.
They discuss priorities for sustainability today, and linkages between ICTs and the Internet, on the one hand, and the green economy approach on the other.
The International Institute for Sustainable Development's Water Innovation Centre and Global Water System Project invite you to a groundbreaking discussion on 21st-century water management solutions at scales that matter: large basins that both influence and reflect water, energy and food security challenges.
Starting with the release of Rachel Carson's Silent Spring in 1962, the IISD Sustainable Development Timeline highlights key meetings, environmental events, publications and other milestones that have paved the path toward sustainability.
This seventh edition was published in May 2012, as part of IISD's contributions to Rio+20.
This brochure provides a brief outline of IISD's program on Sustainable Procurement, including the rationale and business case of sustainable procurement, and highlights the specific competencies and contributions IISD brings to the sustainable procurement discussion.
This brochure summarizes the watershed-based approach to ecohealth taken by the International Institute for Sustainable Development, in partnership with the Network for Ecosystem Sustainability and Health.
It provides the rationale for approaching public health at the watershed level and illustrates how the ecohealth concept can be applied through case studies on the Cowichan Watershed in British Columbia and the Seine Watershed in Manitoba.Ecohealth thinking can improve the efficiency of health care investments by proactively protecting people from threats and improving their day-to-day surroundings and sense of security. Preventive public health through watershed management may, in fact, be a more efficient allocation of scarce resources than standard health spending.
For the full details on the Ecohealth and Watersheds: Watersheds as Settings for Health and Well-Being in Canada project, click here to view the report.
Defining an ICSID Investment: Why economic development should be the core element; Pro-Investor or Pro-State Bias in Investment Treaty Arbitration: Forthcoming study gives cause for concern; Venezuela's Withdrawal From ICSID: What it does and does not achieve; The White Industries Arbitration: Implications for India's Investment Treaty Program; News in Brief; Awards and Decisions; Resources and Events.
This paper looks at the criteria defining the range of protection granted to investors, and particularly at the role the nationality of an investor can play in investor-state arbitration.
This paper looks at the criteria defining the range of protection granted to investors, and particularly at the role the nationality of an investor can play in investor-state arbitration.
It also analyzes the issues that may arise in this regard, by taking into account the respective bilateral investment treaty (BIT) clauses and the interpretation provided by the international arbitration tribunals. In addition, the paper gives a set of recommendations regarding how to address issues such as dual nationality, and how to provide clear and predictable definitions when drafting the BIT chapters and clauses on investor protection.
This paper focuses on the definition of indirect expropriation in international investment law and aims to identify a set of criteria to overcome the existing issue of consistency and foreseeability while helping to provide a clear definition of the concept of indirect expropriation.
This paper focuses on the definition of indirect expropriation in international investment law and aims to identify a set of criteria to overcome the existing issue of consistency and foreseeability while helping to provide a clear definition of the concept of indirect expropriation.
It also looks at current practice in recent investment treaties and the criteria for identifying an indirect expropriation as derived from tribunal case law. Finally, the paper presents possible solutions to address the existing issues, through redrafting of clauses following some best practices in recent investment treaties, and the possibility of tribunals adapting their case law to the current challenges.
