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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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The Hidden Clauses That Can Hinder Tax and Investment Policy Reform

Stabilization clauses should no longer automatically be included in contracts between states and investors. If they are, they should, at a minimum, build on the latest international standards on stabilization to avoid being a barrier to sustainable development.

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November 22, 2024

Advancing Gender Equality and Human Rights at COP 29: Why intersectionality matters

There has been resistance to integrating intersectionality language in UNFCCC discussions, but Angie Dazé explains why it is a key step toward climate justice.

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November 4, 2024

How Indonesia's Incoming President Can Advance the Transition to Clean Energy

With Prabowo Subianto inaugurated as Indonesia’s President, speculation abounds about the new administration’s commitment to the clean energy transition and climate targets, given Prabowo’s positioning as the “continuity candidate.” The question is, what, exactly, will be continued?

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October 18, 2024

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Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals at Home

Many developed and developing countries have already started to examine how to integrate the SDGs into their existing national strategies and plans. Let’s take a look at some of the associated challenges, and then consider some possible solutions.
Insight September 21, 2015

Fossil fuel subsidy reform – turning the tide?

The recent announcement from UAE that it will reform domestic fossil fuel subsidies is the latest in a growing number of countries taking the opportunity to reform subsidies within the energy sector.
Insight August 6, 2015

Accountability and the SDGs: Three reasons for optimism

It is traditional wisdom that a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. In the chain of governance needed to ensure that humanity moves resolutely towards sustainable development, the weak link is accountability, particularly at the international level.
Insight August 4, 2015