In crafting the UN's Paris Agreement on climate change, world leaders said that the energy transition must be a just one, meaning it should be fair and inclusive while creating quality jobs. What does that mean in practice?
As governments increasingly turn to trade policy to support the renewable energy transition, they also need to encourage the production of key components at home.
On May 11, 2021 the Chair of the WTO negotiations on fisheries subsidies released a new draft text for the agreement. This commentary explains how the text attempts to strike a balance on key questions in the design of new rules for support to fishing around the world.
Lourdes Sanchez, lead author of Achieving a Fossil-Free Recovery, explains how the COVID-19 pandemic has created a window of opportunity to fund a green recovery, along with five principles to do so.
This week, NRGI and IISD will launch a new event series, “National Oil Companies and Climate Change" considering how national oil companies must evolve in the face of the climate crisis and the global energy transition.
As countries chart paths to net-zero economies by 2050, hydrogen has enjoyed a new wave of attention. Proponents believe that hydrogen could play a key role in decarbonizing industries such as steel, cement, heavy-duty vehicles, and shipping that cannot feasibly be electrified with current technology.
According to Bloomberg, hydrogen could meet up to 24% of the world's energy needs by 2050.
December 11, 2020
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Harro Van Asselt
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Tristan Irschlinger
As countries across the globe develop recovery packages to cope with the socio-economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, we're seeing a unique opportunity to steer public finance away from fossil fuels and toward the clean energy transition.
November 2, 2020
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Alice Tipping
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Tristan Irschlinger
WTO members are negotiating an agreement to end harmful fisheries subsidies. We have 25 reasons why they must reel in a deal this year, for people and planet.
This International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) & Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) three-part commentary series takes a deep dive into how India’s energy sector is coping with the impacts of COVID-19 and what this means for the sustainable energy transition.
This International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) & Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW) three-part commentary series takes a deep dive into how India’s energy sector is coping with the impacts of COVID-19 and what this means for the sustainable energy transition.
Nordic countries are well recognized for combining healthy economic growth with strong social and environmental policies. What's their secret to a green recovery?
