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Responding to the Health Crisis and the Climate Crisis in Tandem
As we look to chart a path to a post-COVID future, young private sector leaders say we have an invaluable opportunity to avoid past mistakes.
Addressing Biodiversity Loss and Climate Change: Three ways adaptation planning can help
Biodiversity loss and climate change must be addressed urgently and ambitiously – until now, these agendas have remained separate, but neither will be resolved unless both are tackled together.
Canada Is a Land of Lakes, but Is Falling Behind When It Comes to Tracking Their Health
If Canada, at a local level, is to contribute to an increasingly global understanding of the world’s environmental health, we need to put the work in.
Growing Tea Sustainably: Examples from Kenya, India, and Sri Lanka
From climate change impacts to price fluctuations, producing tea can be a volatile business. Here's how some of the world’s major tea-producing countries are making the industry more stable—and sustainable.
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.
Food Prices Are Soaring, Hunger Is Rising: Three ways to stop another crisis
Global food prices have hit their highest level in a decade, jumping 40% in May compared to the same period last year.
Gender Provisions in Trade: Opportunities for few or protection for many?
As gender-related provisions in trade agreements develop, we take stock and ask how well-suited they are to achieving gender equality objectives.
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.
Scaling up Nature-Based Infrastructure for People and Planet
Nature-based infrastructure can help us deal with climate change and build a better future for communities worldwide