Climate Change Mitigation
Our experts help policy-makers identify and prioritize options for reducing emissions, such as by developing clean and renewable energy systems. We also support developing countries in identifying and accessing financing for low-carbon development. We do this by developing road maps for reform, engaging proactively with policy-makers and the stakeholders they engage with, providing quantitative and qualitative analysis of policy options for energy and carbon mitigation, and identifying means of implementation.
Blog
Gas Is Not a Bridge Fuel, It’s a Wall. So Why Are Governments Still Financing It?
If G7 nations truly want to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, they must stop financing fossil fuels.
Youth Climate Action: Making COP accessible to young people
IISD is collaborating with youth climate leaders to give them the tools and knowledge they need, on their terms.
Net-Zero: How should governments communicate about it?
Effectively communicating what net-zero means and entails should be a primary objective for governments to increase public support for climate policies.
Our work in the news
Green or Brown? As lockdowns lift, governments face a recovery climate choice
Despite mounting pressure for economic rescue packages to be used to tackle climate change, most of the money spent so far on overcoming the coronavirus pandemic has gone towards propping up business as usual, according to three studies.
Governments put 'green recovery' on the backburner
G20 countries aim their pandemic bailout spending at fossil fuel industries, leaving Paris climate change targets in doubt
Canadian Climate Groups Urge ‘Green Strings’ On COVID Recovery Funding
As Finance Minister Bill Morneau prepares to release a fiscal update today, Canada’s leading environmental organizations are calling for “green strings” on Ottawa’s COVID-19 recovery funding package.
Experts
Peter Wooders
Senior Director, Energy
Christopher Beaton
Lead, Sustainable Energy Consumption
Ivetta Gerasimchuk
Director, Sustainable Energy
Philip Gass
Lead, Transitions
Richard Bridle
Senior Policy Advisor
Vanessa Corkal
Policy Advisor, Canada Energy Transitions
Anna Geddes
Associate, Energy Program
Joachim Roth
Policy Analyst, Energy Program
Lourdes Sanchez
Senior Policy Advisor and Lead, Indonesia
Shruti Sharma
Associate and Energy Specialist
Anissa Suharsono
Associate, Energy Program
Balasubramanian Viswanathan
Associate, Energy Program
Andrea Bassi
Senior Associate
Aaron Cosbey
Senior Associate
Andrea Bassi
Senior Associate
Avet Khachatryan
Associate
Deborah Murphy
Senior Associate
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