Comments to the Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development on the Draft Federal Sustainable Development Strategy, 2013-16 (Speech Notes)
IISD's VP climate, energy and partnerships comments to Canada's Standing Committee on Environment and Sustainable Development on its draft federal sustainable development strategy (SDS), June 4, 2013.
In 2012 IISD reviewed 32 of these 100 or so global SDS strategies to look for lessons learned and to assess the global state-of-play. The findings have influenced IISD's view on Canada's draft federal SDS.
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