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Sustainable development is a broad, complex field with many overlapping, interconnected issues. It can be hard to stay on top of where progress is being made, what new issues are emerging, and how current events are shifting us in new directions. IISD’s experts have the insight you need.
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IISD's Best of 2024: Articles
As 2024 draws to a close, we revisit our most read IISD articles of the year.
IISD's Best of 2024: Publications
As 2024 draws to a close, we revisit our most downloaded IISD publications of the year.
The Cost of Fossil Fuel Reliance
Government support for fossil fuels reached at least USD 1.5 trillion in 2023, new data shows.
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Is Vanadium the “Valyrian Steel” of the Energy Transition?
In Game of Thrones, a sword forged out of Valyrian steel is recognized for its unparalleled strength and light weight. It is this advantage that denotes it as one of Westeros’s most sought-after materials. In the real world, its equivalent just might be vanadium.
South Africa: Is a transition away from coal just around the corner?
In South Africa, coal has long been king, but emerging factors suggest the fossil fuel may soon be pushed off its throne.
Dead Batteries Deserve a Second Life
Batteries should be recycled, so the valuable minerals therein—including cobalt and lithium—can stay in the economy.
Prescribing the Right Medicine for India's Troubled Coal Sector
Instead of further subsidizing struggling coal infrastructure, India can begin to reallocate limited public funds to ensure a fair transition for workers and communities.
In Search of Just Transition: Examples From Around the World
What is a just transition? Essentially, it’s a balancing act.
What’s the Future of Sustainable Development Planning in Canada?
Since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, countries like Canada have been developing their SDG implementation strategies and looking for linkages.
Public Procurement in Canada’s Trade Agreements
Imagine this: A municipality pledges to make all of its buildings carbon-neutral by 2050.
WTO Debate on Future of “Differentiation” Highlights Challenges
In March 2019, Jair Bolsonaro and Donald Trump announced Brazil will stop asking for certain types of treatment accorded to developing countries at the World Trade Organization.
IISD Reaction to Canadian Environment Commissioner’s 2019 Spring Reports
“Slow action on climate change that is disturbing.” That stark assessment wraps up Canada’s Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development Julie Gelfand’s final report, released earlier today.
Investor–State Dispute Settlement Reform Talks Resume at UNCITRAL
The next meeting of a United Nations working group debating options for reforming investor–state dispute settlement takes place in New York April 1 to 5.