Newsroom Media Coverage View IISD's latest media coverage from around the world. Press Media Coverage What's new in sustainable development Recent news coverage about IISD Displaying 1681 - 1700 of 2009 Trudeau says Trump priorities won’t influence carbon tax plan "“I don’t see this as being any reason to fundamentally change the course that the government has set.” Scott Vaughan of the Winnipeg-based International Institute for Sustainable Development, said in an interview from Marrakech, Morocco." IISD in the news Macleans November 10, 2016 Live Q&A: How can the environment and development sectors work together to achieve the SDGs? Livia Bizikova participated in this interactive discussion on how two separate sectors can collaborate and align efforts to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. IISD in the news The Guardian October 26, 2016 A lot more automation, a lot less humans to hit the mining industry "Despite benefits such as more efficiency and less human-triggered accidents that the use of automation in mining has brought to the sector in the past five years, local communities and governments are set to lose jobs and tax revenues because of these emerging technologies, a new report shows." IISD in the news mining.com October 26, 2016 Can We End Hunger By 2030? "What would it take to end hunger by 2030? 2030 is the year to meet the sustainable development goals. Of the SDGs, goal number 2 aims at zero hunger." IISD in the news The Huffington Post October 24, 2016 Basic human right to food in focus at CMHR for World Food Day "The Prairie Climate Centre is a collaborative initiative of the Institute for Sustainable Development, where Venema has been chief scientist since 2014, the University of Winnipeg and other partners with the mission to identify and implement ways to mitigate against climate change in Western Canada." IISD in the news Winnipeg Free Press October 16, 2016 Measuring Progress through Data and Narratives: Celebrating the First Anniversary of the 2030 Agenda "Member States of the United Nations recognized the power of goal setting for achieving objectives through their decision in June 2012, to negotiate a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) [...] These decisions embody the expectation that setting goals matters in governance settings, and that data to measure implementation provide critical tools to enable progress towards the goals." IISD in the news The World Post September 29, 2016 We all have role to play in protecting lakes Dimple Roy and Alexis Kanu argue that we need a systematic watershed monitoring process in Manitoba, to ensure the best health for prairie lakes. IISD in the news Winnipeg Free Press September 29, 2016 How to save free trade from itself "What the world needs now is a dedicated effort to make new international economic agreements responsive to the sustainable and inclusive development agenda set out globally in 2015." IISD in the news iPolitics September 22, 2016 How Policy Coherence Helps The SDG Wheels Turn "Now is the time to make sure that the right policies and processes are in place to guide sustainable development according to the timeline that the 2030 Agenda requires -- there can be no time for confusion or delay." IISD in the news The Huffington Post September 21, 2016 Why Trudeau’s Commitment to Harper’s Old Emissions Target Might Not Be Such Bad News After All “At the end of the day, as much as the goals and targets matter, what matters most is reducing emissions,” says Amin Asadollahi, the lead for climate change mitigation for North America at the International Institute for Sustainable Development. IISD in the news DeSmog Canada September 21, 2016 US and China release fossil fuel subsidy peer reviews “This gesture of openness signals a genuine desire to remove subsidies that are both environmentally and economically harmful,” said Peter Wooders, director of the energy programme at the International Institute for Sustainable Development. IISD in the news The Guardian September 20, 2016 Opinion: We need to protect Canada's freshwater from climate change "Canada can be a world leader on fresh water management in a changing climate, and the time to act is now." Anne Hammill and Dimple Roy make their case for federal leadership on fresh water management in the context of climate change. IISD in the news National Observer September 15, 2016 Indonesia should lead fuel subsidy reform "It’s time for the G20 to deliver on fossil fuel subsidy reform. And the progress that Indonesia has made at home in removing inefficient subsidies puts it in a good spot to show leadership abroad." IISD in the news The Jakarta Post September 9, 2016 The 101 on how global trade treaties came to threaten the environment "When the first few big NAFTA Chapter 11-based dispute cases hit Europe, a bit of a shockwave ensued, said Nathalie Bernasconi-Osterwalder, group director of the Economic Law & Policy Program at the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)." IISD in the news Monga Bay September 8, 2016 IISD developing new partnerships for future Experimental Lakes Area research projects "New research is being planned and new friendships are being cultivated for scientists at the International Institute for Sustainable Development Experimental Lakes Area (IISD-ELA)." IISD in the news Kenora Daily Miner September 7, 2016 The G20 Embraces Green Finance IISD Senior Fellow and Associate Simon Zadek and Ma Jun underline the importance of green finance at this week's G20 Summit. IISD in the news Project Syndicate September 7, 2016 Canada should lead on fossil fuel subsidy reform "Imagine the Canadian government taxed cigarettes with one hand, while handing out tax breaks to tobacco companies with the other. That would rightly be called a walking contradiction—but not far from our treatment of the fossil fuel sector." IISD in the news National Observer August 31, 2016 Canadian Taxpayers Fork Out $3.3 Billion Every Year to Super Profitable Oil Companies "Some of the largest, most profitable companies in Canada are collectively receiving an estimated $3.3 billion in subsidies every year from Canadian taxpayers, according to a new analysis from the International Institute for Sustainable Development." IISD in the news DeSmog Canada August 31, 2016 Exploring the Experimental Lakes "Down the road in our own backyard lies a world class research facility known as the Experimental Lakes Area [...] IISD has kept the facility running and now it hopes to reach out more to the surrounding communities to invite them into their world of aquatic research that has been running since 1969." IISD in the news The Dryden Observer August 31, 2016 The effect millions of zebra mussels could have on Manitoba ecosystems, infrastructure “I’ve been working on this for over 10 years and every time I see this it’s still astounding, it surprises me every time,” Scott Higgins, research scientist with International Institute for Sustainable Development said." IISD in the news Global Winnipeg August 17, 2016 Pagination « First ‹ Previous … Page 83 Page 84 Current page 85 Page 86 Page 87 … Next › Last »