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China's Low-Carbon Revolution
Since the US election, many are speculating about the ascendancy of Beijing as a global leader both on trade and climate policy. In reality, however, China had been moving forward on a comprehensive climate mitigation and adaptation pathway well before the US election.
Three Ways Canada Can Make Progress With the Sustainable Development Goals
How can Canada implement the SDGs successfully? We present three steps that will allow Canada to show it is taking the 2030 Agenda seriously.
The Art of Influence: How think tanks make a difference
"We like being thinkers, but we are thinkers with a purpose." Mark Halle explores how think tanks make a difference.
Tracking Adaptation: Linking research, policy and action
Improving our ability to measure adaptation progress is not only a key component of transparency and accountability for new political commitments and emerging funding, but it is also necessary to foster effective adaptation through ongoing reflection and learning.
Taking Stock of Adaptation Progress: Some lessons and challenges
On November 4, the international community celebrated as the Paris Agreement came into effect.
Adaptation at COP 22
For many years, adaptation was a secondary concern in international climate negotiations.
What it Would Take to End Hunger
An event on the sidelines of CFS 43 focused on the public investment required to end hunger.
As Mines Become More Automated, What Happens to the Social Licence to Operate?
We recently examined the impact of this automation on local spending and employment. Our aim was to determine the impact on economic development in host states and, by extension, the mines’ social licence to operate.
Turning Down the Temperature: Freezing HFCs as a critical step in climate action
This past week, climate negotiators gathered in Rwanda's capital Kigali to once again test the international community’s political resolve to tackle climate change, this time on a class of short-lived greenhouse gases called hydrofluorocarbons.
Hurricane Matthew: What role for resilience building?
As the international development community, national and local stakeholders join efforts to respond to storms, a focus on resilience building can be useful in four key ways,