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Voices and Choices: Laudato Si at three years

Voices from around the globe recently came together to celebrate and put into action Laudato Si, Pope Francis's call for dialogue on the radical changes needed to repair our earth.
Insight July 16, 2018

ALivE: A new tool for Ecosystem-based Adaptation

There’s an urgent need to prepare ecosystems for climate change impacts. Healthy ecosystems are critical for sustaining livelihoods. They also increase our capacity to adapt to climate change.
Insight July 10, 2018

Why SDG 9 matters and how we can achieve it

With half the world now living in cities, and billions of dollars spent each year on growth and infrastructure, we need to finance and implement sustainable infrastructure practices that reduce our environmental footprint, employ clean technologies and are economically viable.
Insight June 27, 2018

Using Financial Technologies for a More Sustainable Planet

If you have heard of the Internet of Things, big data, artificial intelligence and blockchain, then you have probably heard of "fintech." We explore how these financial technologies could be applied to create a more sustainable planet.
Insight June 14, 2018

Joining Forces to put People at the Centre of Land Governance

IISD is proud to announce that the International Land Coalition (ILC) recently confirmed us as an official member. Francine Picard, Parliamentary Advisor for IISD’s Economic Law and Policy, explains what this means for IISD's work to end poverty and hunger.
Insight June 12, 2018

Three Key Challenges to Innovative Public Procurement

In our work, we frequently come across three barriers for public procurers in their attempt to implement innovative public procurement. This blog discusses each and provides examples of how they are being addressed.
Insight June 11, 2018